单词 | aduncate |
释义 | aduncateadj. Hooked, bent inward.Chiefly in scientific contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > like a hook hookedc1000 hooky1552 hookish1598 adunc1626 adunct1635 aduncous1656 uncous1658 aduncate1661 hamous1665 hooking1704 hamose1709 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. Bv The nailes are in..those of the rapacious aduncate. 1823 Jrnl. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 3 339 It varies from the Plesiosaurus in the same respect, and in the teeth, though conical, being not so long proportionably, nor in the same degree aduncate as in that animal. 1863 Atlantic Monthly June 758/1 Harriette sweeps down from the city, and immediately suspends the victorious Anabella from her aduncate nose. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 78 In phthisis the nails are aduncate, but the finger-ends are seldom much clubbed. 1964 Micropaleontology 10 432/1 Pseudevolute with an aduncate spire. 2003 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 129 513 Longest portion of male cercus basally broad, aduncate, ending acicular. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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