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uncus

uncus noun: a hook or claw.

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.

uncus meaning in Tamil

uncus in Tamil

கொளுக்கி

Synonyms of uncus

  • uncinate gyrus
  • uncus gyri parahippocampalis

Forms of uncus

pluralunci

Origin of uncus

Borrowed from Latin uncus (“hook”).

Words formed from uncus

  • sliding uncus syndrome

Questions about uncus

What does uncus mean?
Uncus means a hook or claw.
What is uncus in Tamil?
Uncus in Tamil is கொளுக்கி. See Uncus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is uncus?
Uncus is a noun.
What is the plural of uncus?
The plural of uncus is unci.

Words near uncus in the dictionary

  1. uncurtained
  2. uncurtaining
  3. uncurtains
  4. uncurvaceous
  5. uncurved
  6. uncus
  7. uncushioned
  8. uncusped
  9. uncustomable
  10. uncustomarily
  11. uncustomariness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncus (page history and authors); uncus (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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