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Webster 1913 Edition
Uncinus
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Un-ci′nus
,Noun.
pl.
Uncini
(#)
. [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 2025
uncinus
uncinus
English
Cirrus uncinus cloud formations.
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
duō uncīnī (two hooks)
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