Unciform

un′si-form, adj. hook-shaped.— adjs. Uncif′erous , having a hook, as an ovipositor; Un′cinal , Un′cinate , hooked at the end.— n.pl. Uncinā′ta , a division of marine chætopod worms—serpulas and other tubicolous worms.— ns. Uncinā′tum , the unciform bone of the carpus; Uncī′nus , a hooklet, hamulus, one of the uncial teeth of the radula:— pl. Uncī′ni (ī).— adj. Unciros′trāte , having a hooked beak. [L. uncus , a hook.]