uncinus

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uncinus

(ʌnˈsaɪnəs)

n, pl -cini (-ˈsaɪnaɪ)

(Zoology) zoology a small hooked structure, such as any of the hooked chaetae of certain polychaete worms

[C19: from Late Latin: hook, from Latin uncus]

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