hamulus

[ham-yuh-luhs]

noun

plural

hamuli 

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

hamulus

/ ˈhæmjʊləs /

noun

1. 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

Other Word Forms

• hamular adjective
• hamulate adjective
• hamulose adjective
• hamulous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hamulus¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of hamulus¹

C18: from Latin: a little hook, from hāmus hook

Example Sentences

Uncinā′tum, the unciform bone of the carpus; Uncī′nus, a hooklet, hamulus, one of the uncial teeth of the radula:—pl.

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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.

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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.

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