hamiform

== English == === Etymology === First attested in glossaries in 1842 and first used in 1870; either directly from the Latin hāmiformis (1651, 1806) or formed from the suffixation of its etymon, hāmus (“hook”), with the English -form. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, UK) enPR: hāʹmĭfôrm, IPA(key): /ˈheɪmɪfɔːm/ === Adjective === hamiform (comparative more hamiform, superlative most hamiform) (conchology) Curved at the extremity. Shaped like a hook. ==== Translations ==== === References === “Hamiform, a.” listed on page 49 of volume V (H–K), § i (H) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1901]  Hamiform (hēⁱ·mifǭɹm), a. [f. L. hāmus hook: see -form.] Hook-shaped. [¶] a 1849 Maunder cited in Worc. (1860). “hamiform, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]