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Webster 1913 Edition
Uncinus
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Un-ci′nus
,Noun.
pl.
Uncini
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. [L., a hook.]
(Zool.)
One of the peculiar minute chitinous hooks found in large numbers in the tori of tubicolous annelids belonging to the Uncinata.
Definition 2024
uncinus
uncinus
English
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.
Related terms
Translations
cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, with hooked terminations
(paleontology) curved tip of the hooks associated with belemnite tentacles
References
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive of uncus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /unˈkiː.nus/
Noun
uncīnus m (genitive uncīnī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | uncīnus | uncīnī |
genitive | uncīnī | uncīnōrum |
dative | uncīnō | uncīnīs |
accusative | uncīnum | uncīnōs |
ablative | uncīnō | uncīnīs |
vocative | uncīne | uncīnī |
Derived terms
- uncātus
- uncīnātus
- uncīnulus
Descendants
References
- uncinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press