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.
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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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