uncinusn.
/ʌnˈsʌɪnəs/ Zoology.
A hook-shaped part or process; esp. one of the hook-like teeth of molluscs.
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uncus1826
uncinus1851
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > mollusc or shell-fish > parts of mollusc
ungulaa1382
mantlea1475
trunk1661
diaphragm1665
lid1681
operculum1681
ear1688
beard1697
corslet1753
scar1793
opercle1808
pleura1826
pallium1834
byssus1835
cephalic ganglia1835–6
opercule1836
lingual ribbon1839
tube1839
cloak1842
test1842
collar1847
testa1847
rachis1851
uncinus1851
land-shell1853
mantle cavity1853
mesopodium1853
propodium1853
radula1853
malacology1854
gill comb1861
pallial cavity1862
tongue-tootha1877
mesopode1877
odontophore1877
pallial chamber1877
shell-gland1877
rasp1879
protopodium1880
ctenidium1883
osphradium1883
shell-sac1883
tooth-ribbon1883
megalaesthete1885
rachidian1900
scungille1953
tentacle-sheath-
1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 113 Lingual dentition like murex erinaceus; teeth transverse, 3 crested; uncini small, simple.
1859 J. R. Greene Man. Animal Kingdom I. 67 The ‘setæ’ or ciliary bristles of Oxytricha,..the ‘uncini’ (hooks) and ‘styles’ of Euplotes.
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 360 The outermost uncini of the transverse rows may..also be articulated.
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