different between uncinus vs uncinate

English

Etymology

From Latin unc?nus (“hook”).

Noun

uncinus (plural uncini)

1. (meteorology) A cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, with hooked terminations. Associated only with cirrus formations.
2. (paleontology) The curved tip of the hooks associated with belemnite tentacles.

Related terms

• unciform

Translations

References

• AMS Glossary of Meteorology

Anagrams

• nuncius

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of uncus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /un?ki?.nus/, [???ki?n?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /un?t??i.nus/, [un???t??i?nus]

Noun

unc?nus m (genitive unc?n?); second declension

1. hook, barb

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• unc?tus
• unc?n?tus
• unc?nulus

Descendants

• English: uncinus
• Galician: anciño
• Italian: uncino
• Portuguese: ancinho
• Sardinian: unchinu, uncinu
• Spanish: uncino

References

• uncinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

English

Etymology

From Latin unc?n?tus, from unc?nus (“hook, barb”).

Adjective

uncinate (not comparable)

1. (botany) Hooked at the end.
2. (anatomy) Hooked in form; possessing a hook.

Derived terms

• uncinate fasciculus
• uncinate process

Related terms

• unciform
• uncinal
• uncinus

Anagrams

• auncient, nunciate

Italian

Verb

uncinate

1. second-person plural present indicative of uncinare
2. second-person plural imperative of uncinare
3. feminine plural of uncinato

Latin

Adjective

unc?n?te

1. vocative masculine singular of unc?n?tus