uncinate

American  

[uhn-suh-nit, -neyt] / ˈʌn sə nɪt, -ˌneɪt /

adjective

Biology.

1. hooked; bent at the end like a hook.

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uncinate British  

/ -ˌneɪt, ˈʌnsɪnɪt /

adjective

1. shaped like a hook

   the uncinate process of the ribs of certain vertebrates

2. of, relating to, or possessing uncini

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Other Word Forms

• subuncinate adjective

Etymology

Origin of uncinate

1750–60; < Latin uncīnāt ( us ) furnished with hooks, equivalent to uncīnus hook ( unc ( us ) hook + -īnus -ine ¹ ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Just in front of the anterior end of the calcarine fissure the callosal gyrus is constricted to form the isthmus which connects it with the hippocampal or uncinate gyrus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

P. up to 1 cm. obtuse, whitish, pellucid, margin striatulate; g. uncinate, white then pink; s.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George