hamulus

American

[ham-yuh-luhs] / ˈhæm jə ləs /

noun

a small hook or hooklike process, especially at the end of a bone.

hamulus British

/ ˈhæmjʊləs /

noun

biology a hook or hooklike process at the end of some bones or between the fore and hind wings of a bee or similar insect

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Etymology

Origin of hamulus

1720–30; < Latin, equivalent to hām ( us ) hook + -ulus -ule

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Length of rostrum.—From the anterior border of the nasal to the maxilla at the lateral end of the hamulus of the lacrimal.

From Subspeciation in Pocket Gophers of Kansas, [KU. Vol. 1 No. 11] by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall

Length of rostrum.—The shortest distance from the shallow notch that lies lateral to the hamulus of the lacrymal bone, to the tip of the nasal on the same side of the skull.

From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Phillip M. Youngman

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