Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, the unciform bone of the carpus: more fully called
os uncinatum .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The unciform bone.
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- noun anatomy The
hamate bone .
Etymologies
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New Latin, from Latin uncinatus hooked. Compare uncinate.
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Examples
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Nectandra cf. reticulata, Cedrelinga catenaeformis, Erisma uncinatum, Phragmotheca ecuadoriensis, Parkia multijuga, Ochroma sp., and Pouteria sp., and palm species of the genera Bactris and Astrocaryum.
Napo moist forests 2008
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N. uncinatum produces lolines which may cause variable responses in invertebrates and small vertebrates
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Susanna Saari et al. 2010
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An especially striking summertime blue is monkshood, Aconitum uncinatum.
Smoky Mountain News 2010
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