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uncinate
CIDE DICTIONARY
uncinate, a. [L. uncinatus, from uncinus a hook, from uncus a hook.].
Hooked; bent at the tip in the form of a hook; as, an uncinate process. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
uncinate, adj. esp. Anat. hooked; crooked.
Etymology
L uncinatus f. uncinus hook
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