unciferous

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adjective

Bearing a hook or hook-like structure.

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Meanings

adjectiveunciferous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyBearing a hook or hook-like structure.

    [Fig.] 19. Unciferous ovipositor. Locusta

    1826, William Kirby, William Spence, “Explanation of the Plates”, in An Introduction to Entomology, page 728
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    (Unciferous branches used for infantile convulsions, high fever, headache, hypertension, blurred vision, dizziness. Leaf paste of Uncaria macrophylla mixed with the rhizome of Eleusine indica applied externally in bone fracture.)

    2012, Umberto Quattrocchi, CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology (5 Volume Set), CRC Press, page 3839

    these two species are misplaced and display characteristics typical of the widespread gnaphosid genus Micaria Westring, 1851: procurved posterior eye row with the median eyes elongate and shiny; the presence of iridescent scales (unciferous squamose setae)

    2013, CR Haddad, R Bosmans, “Synonymy of the North African spider genus Castanilla Caporiacco, 1936 with Micaria Westring, 1851 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)”, in Zootaxa

Origin

From New Latin uncifer + -ous.

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Anagrams

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APA

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Chicago

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