UNCINATA
Un`ci*na"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. uncinus a hook.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of marine chætopod annelids which are furnished with uncini, as the serpulas and sabellas.
UNCINATE Un"ci*nate, a. Etym: [L. uncinatus, from uncinus a hook, from uncus a hook.]
Defn: Hooked; bent at the tip in the form of a hook; as, an uncinate process.
UNCINATUM
Un`ci*na"tum, n. Etym: [NL., from L. uncinatus hooked.] (Anat.)
Defn: The unciform bone.
UNCINUS
Un*ci"nus, n.; pl. Uncini. Etym: [L., a hook.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the peculiar minute chitinous hooks found in large numbers in the tori of tubicolous annelids belonging to the Uncinata.
UNCIPHER
Un*ci"pher, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + cipher.]
Defn: To decipher; as, to uncipher a letter. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.