uncinus

/ (ʌnˈsaɪnəs) /


nounplural -cini (-ˈsaɪnaɪ)
  1. zoology a small hooked structure, such as any of the hooked chaetae of certain polychaete worms

Origin of uncinus

1
C19: from Late Latin: hook, from Latin uncus

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