malleus vs auditory ossicle

malleus and auditory ossicle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
malleus	Yes	No	No	No
auditory ossicle	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, auditory ossicle is a hypernym of malleus; that is, auditory ossicle is a word with a broader meaning than malleus:

malleus: the ossicle attached to the eardrum
auditory ossicle: ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear

malleus (noun)	auditory ossicle (noun)
the ossicle attached to the eardrum	ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear