uncinus
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Cirrus uncinus cloud formations.
duō uncīnī (two hooks)
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪnəs
Noun
uncinus (plural uncini)
- (meteorology) A cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, with hooked terminations. Associated only with cirrus formations.
- (paleontology) The curved tip of the hooks associated with belemnite tentacles.
Related terms
Translations
cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, with hooked terminations
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(paleontology) curved tip of the hooks associated with belemnite tentacles
References
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive of uncus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /unˈkiː.nus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /unˈt͡ʃi.nus/,
Noun
uncīnus m (genitive uncīnī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | uncīnus | uncīnī |
| genitive | uncīnī | uncīnōrum |
| dative | uncīnō | uncīnīs |
| accusative | uncīnum | uncīnōs |
| ablative | uncīnō | uncīnīs |
| vocative | uncīne | uncīnī |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Corsican: ancinu, oncinu, uncinu
- 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