uncinate

[ uhn-suh-nit, -neyt ]

adjectiveBiology.
  1. hooked; bent at the end like a hook.

Origin of uncinate

1
1750–60; <Latin uncīnāt(us) furnished with hooks, equivalent to uncīnus hook (unc(us) hook + -īnus-ine1) + -ātus-ate1

Other words from uncinate

  • sub·un·ci·nate, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for uncinate

uncinate

/ (ˈʌnsɪnɪt, -ˌneɪt) /


adjectivebiology
  1. shaped like a hook: the uncinate process of the ribs of certain vertebrates

  2. of, relating to, or possessing uncini

Origin of uncinate

1
C18: from Latin uncīnātus, from uncīnus a hook, from uncus

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