armhook
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A hook-like projection on the arm of a cephalopod, such as on the armhook squid (Gonatus fabricii).
noun
A movement in which two people hook arms at the elbow and turn around each other.
noun
A hook for maneuvering something using the arm.
Example Sentences
- "In Ancistrotheutis the attachment ring persists, and the hook sac surrounding the tentacle hook is closed except during function contrary to the condition in the armhooks where the hook always projects from the sac."
- "The bivalve Posidonia permica frequently occurs in large concentrations on slabs of the shale in which there are also concentrations of cephaloped prehensile armhooks representing no doubt distorted natural assemblages from single individuals."
- "Furthermore the armhooks of the Belemnoidea show a micro-texture and a mode of growth similar to the horny inner rings of the suckers of the Decabrachia."
- "When the partners meet they form armhook with each other, turn around once, let go, and continue the march till they again meet, when they march up into straight flank formation and halt at the end of the stanza."
- "With a clap the first and second men take right armhook with own ladies, then left with each other, right with own ladies, then left with each other, and retire to the same places as at the finish of part A ;"
- "By the arrangement of these armhooks, it is possible for nurses to open doors while both hands are occupied."