Hamulus Definition

hămyə-ləs
hamuli
noun
A small hook or hook-shaped part, as at the ends of the barbicels of feathers or at the ends of some bones.
Webster's New World

(zoology) A hooked barbicel of a feather.

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Other Word Forms of Hamulus

Noun

Singular:
hamulus
Plural:
hamuli

Origin of Hamulus

  • Latin hāmulus diminutive of hāmus hook

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin, a little hook.

    From Wiktionary

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