adjective
definition
Hooked at the end.
definition
Hooked in form; possessing a hook.
Examples of uncinate in a Sentence
In these forms the bundles of setae are either capilliform or uncinate, and the dorsal setae of the thorax are like the ventral setae of the abdomen.
The peristomium has no setae, and the setae generally are hair-like or uncinate, often forming almost complete rings.
Oral funnel produced into a fine tube hanging freely into a pharyngeal cup, containing the uncinate trophi.
The cervical and thoracic vertebrae seem to be biconcave; the cervical ribs are much reduced and were apparently still movable; the thoracic ribs are devoid of uncinate processes.