adunc

[uh-duhngk]

adjective

1. curved inward; hooked.

Other Word Forms

• aduncity noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of adunc¹

1620–30; < Latin aduncus, equivalent to ad- ad- + uncus hook, barb

Example Sentences

Rostrum tenue, breve, vald� depressum, frontis latitudinem superans, mandibul� superioris abrupt� adunc�, et ad apicem emarginat�, marginibus dilatatis, et inferioris margines superplicantibus.

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Rostrum validum, compressum, sub-rectum; mandibul� superiore ad apicem obtus� adunc�, emarginat�, superioris margine inferioris marginem obtegente.

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Rostrum breve, crassum, validissimum, ad basin cute tectum; mandibul� superiore adunc�; inferiore sub-recurvat�, breviore.

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Rostrum breve, rectum, depressissimum, ferm� trigonum; mandibul� superiore ad apicem abrupt� adunc�, emarginat�; inferiore rect�, breviore; marginibus superioris inferiorem superplicantibus.

From Project Gutenberg

Hooked; as, a parrot has an adunc bill.

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