Unciform

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Unciform \Un"ci*form\ ([u^]n"s[i^]*f[^o]rm), a. [L. uncus a hook
   + -form.]
   Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked form;
   hooklike.
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   {Unciform bone} (Anat.), a bone of the carpus at the bases of
      the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Unciform \Un"ci*form\, n. (Anat.)
   The unciform bone. See Illust. of {Perissodactyla}.
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