UNCINUS

Etymology

Noun

uncinus (plural uncini)

(meteorology) A cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, with hooked terminations. Associated only with cirrus formations.

(paleontology) The curved tip of the hooks associated with belemnite tentacles.

Anagrams

• nuncius

Source: Wiktionary


Un*ci"nus, n.; pl. Uncini. Etym: [L., a hook.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the peculiar minute chitinous hooks found in large numbers in the tori of tubicolous annelids belonging to the Uncinata.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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