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Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike.

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  1. a. Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike.
  2. n. The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.
  3. Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike. Unciform bone (Anat.), a bone of the carpus at the bases of the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum. The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.
  4. Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from;hooklike. Unciform bone (Anat.), a bone of the carpus at the bases ofthe fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.
  5. a. Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike. n. The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.