mallemuck (malemuk)

[Also mallemock, mallemoke, mollymock, mollymawk, malmock, mal duck, malmarsh, etc.; mallenders (mal'en-dėrz), n. pl. Same as mal anders. malleolar (mal'ē-ō-lär), a. [ malleolus (ma-lē'ō-lus), n.; pl. malleoli (-li). [NL., formed fibula, inner by the tibia; and each forms a sort of pulley or trochlea around which wind the tendons of important extensor muscles of the foot. The malleoli are little distinguished in most animals, owing to the different set of the foot upon the leg, or the different configuration of the parts. When, as often occurs, the fibula does not reach the ankle, the outer malleolus is wanting unle formed by the tibia. In birds condyles of the tibia, constituted by ankylosis of proximal tarsal bones, take the name and place of malleoli. 2. In bot., a layer; a shoot bent into the ground and half divided at the bend, whence it emits roots. Lindley.-3. [ cap.] In conch., a genus of bivalve shells. J. E. Gray, 1847. - Inner malleolus, the malleolar proce of the tibia, articulating with the inner side of the astragalus, having behind it the tendons of the tibial is posticus and flexor long us digitorum. -Outer malleolus, the enlarged lower end of the fibula, articulating with the outer side of the astragalus, having behind it the tendons of the peroneus long us and pero neus brevis. mal leo ramate (male-ō-rāmāt), a. [L. mal leus, a hammer, + ramus, a branch: see ra mate.] In rotifers, having mallei fastened by unci to rami, as in the Melicertida, Triarthrida, Pterodinida, and Pedalionida.