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单词 aduncated
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aduncatedadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin aduncatus , aduncare , -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin aduncatus, past participle of aduncare (see aduncate adj.) + -ed suffix1. Compare earlier adunc adj., aduncate adj., aduncous adj.
Obsolete.
Hooked; bent inward.
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aduncated?1787
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?1787 W. F. Mavor New Dict. Nat. Hist. I Accipiter, the name of a whole order of birds, the general characteristic of which is their having a hooked or aduncated beak.
1823 J. G. Lockhart Reginald Dalton II. v. iii. 268 You shall see the son of a London tailor strut past..with a beak as extravagantly aduncated, as if [etc.].
1871 Guy's Hosp. Rep. 16 68 All the fingers are aduncated, and the hand is blue and colder than the other.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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