Un"ci*form (?), a. [L. uncus a hook +
-form.] Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked
from; hooklike.
Unciform bone (Anat.), a bone of the carpus
at the bases of the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.
Un"ci*form, n. (Anat.) The
unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.
Un"ci*form (?), a. [L. uncus a hook +
-form.] Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked
from; hooklike.
Unciform bone (Anat.), a bone of the carpus
at the bases of the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.
Un"ci*form, n. (Anat.) The
unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.