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unci

unci is the plural of uncus.

Meaning of uncus

Noun

uncus (plural unci)

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

Questions about unci

What is unci the plural of?
Unci is the plural of uncus.

Words near unci in the dictionary

  1. unchurn
  2. unchurnable
  3. unchurned
  4. unchurning
  5. unchurns
  6. unci
  7. uncia
  8. unciae
  9. uncial
  10. uncialize
  11. uncialized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unci (page history and authors); uncus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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