Hamate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
hamate
    n 1: the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers [syn:
         {hamate}, {hamate bone}, {unciform bone}, {os hamatum}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hamate \Ha"mate\ (h[=a]"m[asl]t), a. [L. hamatus, fr. hamus
   hook.]
   Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.
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