Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A division of marine chætopod worms, containing those whose tori are provided with minute chitinous hooks or uncini. The serpulas, sabellas, and other tubicolous worms belong to this section.
- [lowercase] Plural of
uncinatum . - noun In sponges, a rod-like spicule bearing recurved hooks throughout its length.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) A division of marine chætopod annelids which are furnished with uncini, as the serpulas and sabellas.
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Examples
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High mountain forests are mainly composed of mixed beech (Fagus sylvatica) and silver fir (Abies alba) stands, with mountain pine (Pinus uncinata) mainly found in more continental inner regions.
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The subalpine vegetation is dominated by black mountain pine Pinus uncinata, Vicia argentea (R) and the endemic Borderea pyrenaica.
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Relict stands of an Alpine pine species (Pinus uncinata) occur in two small areas of the eastern calcareous mountain massifs (Gúdar Mountain and Urbión Mountain).
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_Heteromita uncinata_, is similar in action, and the other of which,
Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 Various
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P. uncinata Ramond ex De Candolle, Lamarck, Fl. Franç.ed. 3, iii.
The Genus Pinus George Russell Shaw 1892
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Other segregations based on the degree of development of the apophysis and on the size and color of the cone, have received names of four or even five terms -- Pinus montana pumilio applanata -- or Pinus montana uncinata rostrata castanea etc., etc.
The Genus Pinus George Russell Shaw 1892
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On the differences of the cone this species has been divided into three subspecies: uncinata, with an oblique cone and protuberant apophyses; pumilio, with a symmetrical cone and an excentric umbo; mughus, with a symmetrical cone and a concentric umbo.
The Genus Pinus George Russell Shaw 1892
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Schrankia angustata, T. and G. Schrankia uncinata, Ell.Sk. Grows in pine lands.
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Visualization introgressive hybridization Pinus sylvestris Pinus uncinata Valais Canton, Switzerland, multivariate methods
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Loudon's illustration of the variety uncinata (Arb.Brit. iv, f.
The Genus Pinus George Russell Shaw 1892
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