unciform

Adjective, Noun

un=ci=form

CIDE DICTIONARY

unciform, a. [L. uncus a hook + -form.].

Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked form; hooklike. [1913 Webster]

Unciform bone (Anat.), a bone of the carpus at the bases of the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.

unciform, n.

The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla. [1913 Webster]

unciform, n. = UNCINATE.