The stirrup rests on the oval window of the inner ear.
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Stirrup
/ˈstɪ.ɹəp/
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The stirrup is a bone in the middle ear, between the anvil and the inner ear.
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Sami put his foot in the stirrup.
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Human and elephant, mouse and porpoise, all have three small bones in their middle ear — the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup.
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