Uncinate Definition

ŭnsə-nāt, -nĭt
adjective
Bent like a hook; hooked.
Webster's New World

Origin of Uncinate

  • Latin uncīnātus from uncīnus barb from uncus hook

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

  • From Latin uncÄ«nātus, from uncÄ«nus (“hook, barb").

    From Wiktionary

Uncinate Sentence Examples

  • In these forms the bundles of setae are either capilliform or uncinate, and the dorsal setae of the thorax are like the ventral setae of the abdomen.

  • The peristomium has no setae, and the setae generally are hair-like or uncinate, often forming almost complete rings.

  • Oral funnel produced into a fine tube hanging freely into a pharyngeal cup, containing the uncinate trophi.

  • The cervical and thoracic vertebrae seem to be biconcave; the cervical ribs are much reduced and were apparently still movable; the thoracic ribs are devoid of uncinate processes.

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Words Starting With

UUNUNC

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ETEATE

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