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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Unciform

/(ŭn"sĭ*fôrm)/ · Un·ci·form · IPA /ˈʌnsɪfɔːɹm/
01 a. Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked form; hooklike.
  1. 1.
    Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked form; hooklike.
Phrases & compounds
Unciform bone — a bone of the carpus at the bases of the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.
02 n. The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.
  1. 1.
    The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.(Anat.) See: Perissodactyla