Meanings
comparative more hamated · superlative most hamated
- Hooked, or with hooks
hamated lines
2 more examples
Farther, that nothing less than a violent Heat, can disentangle these Creatures [animal spirits] from their hamated station of Life, or give them Vigor and Humor, to imprint the Marks of their little Teeth.
1704, Jonathan Swift, The Mechanical Operation of SpiritThe jaws were furnished with hooks or hamated teeth, in the manner common to snakes.
1802, Samuel Latham Mitchill, The Medical RepositorySynonyms: hamate
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHooked, or with hooks
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