UNCINATE

Etymology

Adjective

uncinate (not comparable)

(botany) Hooked at the end.

(anatomy) Hooked in form; possessing a hook.

Anagrams

• auncient, nunciate

Source: Wiktionary


Un"ci*nate, a. Etym: [L. uncinatus, from uncinus a hook, from uncus a hook.]

Definition: Hooked; bent at the tip in the form of a hook; as, an uncinate process.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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