/ˈʌnsaɪ/.uncusn.
/ˈʌŋkəs/, U.S. /ˈəŋkəs//ˈʌnsaɪ/. Zoology, etc.
A hook or hook-like process.
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uncus1826
uncinus1851
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 390 Unci (the Unci), two pair of robust organs..with which the anus of Locusta..is furnished.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 158 A stout decurved pointed process terminating in two hooks, the uncus of Gosse or tegumen of White.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 324 Smell was impaired on the side of the lesion, by a tumour which caused erosion of the uncus.
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