uncus

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A hook or claw.
2. noun Any body part which is long, thin, and curved. Specifically, the hooked end of the parahippocampal gyrus of the temporal lobe.
3. noun Specifically, the hooked end of the parahippocampal gyrus of the temporal lobe.

Similar words

unguis unguiculus hamulus osculum urocoptid ossicusp articulus urocordylid cyrtomatodont cuspidariid

Often followed by

and is of with in effusus long short has

Word family

unci