uncinus

noun

un·​ci·​nus

ˌənˈsīnəs

plural uncini

-īˌnī

: a small hooklike structure or process: such as

a

: one of the minute chitinous hooks found in large numbers in the tori of some tubicolous annelids

b

: one of the hooklike lateral teeth of the radula of a gastropod

c

: a hooked cilium of various infusorians

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, hook

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