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hooklike — adjective having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold) hooklike thorns • Syn: ↑hooked • Similar to: ↑curved, ↑curving * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : resembling a hook especially in recurved form or in ability to … Useful english dictionary
hamulus — Any hooklike structure. SYN: hook (2) . [L. dim. of hamus, hook] h. cochleae SYN: h. of spiral lamina. lacrimal h. [TA] the hooklike lower end of the lacrimal crest, curving between the frontal process and … Medical dictionary
crotchet — /kroch it/, n. 1. an odd fancy or whimsical notion. 2. a small hook. 3. a hooklike device or part. 4. Entomol. a small, hooklike process. 5. Music. Chiefly Brit. a quarter note. See illus. under note. 6. a curved surgical instrument with a sharp… … Universalium
sloth — /slawth/ or, esp. for 2, /slohth/, n. 1. habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness. 2. any of several slow moving, arboreal, tropical American edentates of the family Bradypodidae, having a long, coarse, grayish brown coat often of … Universalium
crotchet — /ˈkrɒtʃət / (say krochuht) noun 1. a hooklike device or part. 2. Entomology a small hooklike process. 3. a curved surgical instrument with a sharp hook. 4. an odd fancy or whimsical notion. 5. Music a note having one quarter of the time value of… …
un|ci|form — «UHN suh frm», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. hook shaped. 2. Anatomy. denoting or having to do with the hamate bone, its hooklike process, or any similar hooklike process. –n. Anatomy. the hamate bone. ╂[< New Latin unciformis < Latin uncus… … Useful english dictionary
Barbicel — Bar bi*cel, n. [NL. barbicella, dim. of L. barba. See 1st {Barb}.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hamite — Ha mite (h[=a] m[imac]t), n.[L. hamus hook.] (Paleon.) A fossil cephalopod of the genus {Hamites}, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hamular — Ham u*lar (h[a^]m [ u]*l[ e]r), a. Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of the sphenoid bone. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hamuli — Hamulus Ham u*lus ( l[u^]s), n.; pl. {Hamuli} ( l[imac]). [L., a little hook.] 1. (Anat.) A hook, or hooklike process. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A hooked barbicel of a feather. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
