Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unciferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-cif-er-ous
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Bearing a hook or hook-like structure.

Example Sentences

"[Fig.] 19. Unciferous ovipositor. Locusta"
"(Unciferous branches used for infantile convulsions, high fever, headache, hypertension, blurred vision, dizziness. Leaf paste of Uncaria macrophylla mixed with the rhizome of Eleusine indica applied externally in bone fracture.)"
"these two species are misplaced and display characteristics typical of the widespread gnaphosid genus Micaria Westring, 1851: procurved posterior eye row with the median eyes elongate and shiny; the presence of iridescent scales (unciferous squamose setae)"

Etymology

From New Latin uncifer + -ous.

Questions

What does unciferous mean?: Bearing a hook or hook-like structure.
Where does unciferous come from?: From New Latin uncifer + -ous.

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