Zool. Pl. uncini. [L. uncīnus, f. uncus hook.] A hook-shaped part or process; esp. one of the hook-like teeth of molluscks.
1851. S. P. Woodward, Mollusca, I. 113. Lingual dentition like murex erinaceus; teeth transverse, 3 crested; uncini small, simple.
1859. J. R. Greene, Man. Anim. Kingd., I. Protozoa, 67. The ‘setæ’ or ciliary bristles of Oxytricha,… the ‘uncini’ (hooks) and ‘styles’ of Euplotes.
1878. Bell, trans. Gegenbaur’s Comp. Anat., 360. The outermost uncini of the transverse rows may … also be articulated.
