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‖ uncinus Zool.|ʌnˈsaɪnəs| Pl. uncini |-naɪ|. [L. uncīnus, f. uncus hook.] A hook-shaped part or process; esp. one of the hook-like teeth of molluscs.
1851S. P. Woodward Mollusca i. 113 Lingual dentition like murex erinaceus; teeth transverse, 3 crested; uncini small, simple. 1859J. R. Greene Man. Anim. Kingd. i. Protozoa 67 The ‘setæ’ or ciliary bristles of Oxytricha,..the ‘uncini’ (hooks) and ‘styles’ of Euplotes. 1878Bell tr. Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 360 The outermost uncini of the transverse rows may..also be articulated. |