Definition of unciform Unciform
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We found 5 definitions of unciform from 3 different sources.
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What does unciform mean?
Wiktionary 
- unciform (Noun)
The hamate bone . - unciform (Adjective)
Of the shape of a hook; hook-shaped.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- unciform (a.)
Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike. - unciform (n.)
The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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unciform
un′si-form, adj. hook-shaped.—adjs. Uncif′erous, having a hook, as an ovipositor; Un′cinal, Un′cinate, hooked at the end.—n.pl. Uncinā′ta, a division of marine chætopod worms—serpulas and other tubicolous worms.—ns. Uncinā′tum, the unciform bone of the carpus; Uncī′nus, a hooklet, hamulus, one of the uncial teeth of the radula:—pl. Uncī′ni (ī).—adj. Unciros′trāte, having a hooked beak. [L. uncus, a hook.]
