uncinus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin uncīnus (“hook”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʌnˈsaɪ.nəs/ 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 ==== unciform ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== AMS Glossary of Meteorology === Anagrams === nuncius == Latin == === Etymology === Diminutive of uncus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ʊŋˈkiː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [un̠ʲˈt͡ʃiː.nus] === Noun === uncīnus m (genitive uncīnī); second declension hook, barb ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== uncātus uncīnātus uncīnulus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “uncinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press