hamate
[ hey-meyt ]
adjectiveAnatomy.
hook-shaped.
having a hooklike process.
Origin of hamate
1Words Nearby hamate
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How to use hamate in a sentence
Spores of Bacidia umbrina to illustrate the several-celled, hyaline, hamate or spirally twisted type.
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 | Bruce Fink and Leafy J. Corringtonhamate, or Hamose, hooked; the end of a slender body bent round.
The Elements of Botany | Asa Gray
British Dictionary definitions for hamate
hamate
/ (ˈheɪmeɪt) /
adjective
rare hook-shaped
Origin of hamate
1C18: from Latin hāmātus, from hāmus hook
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