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uncinate process
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noun Ornithology.
a curved, bony process on certain ribs of birds that projects backward and overlaps the succeeding rib, serving to strengthen the thorax.
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Origin of uncinate process
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby uncinate process
uncia, uncial, unciform, uncinariasis, uncinate, uncinate process, uncinus, UNCIO, uncircumcised, uncircumcision, uncivil
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