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uncinus

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uncinus [ʌnˈsaɪnəs]
n pl -cini [-ˈsaɪnaɪ]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Zoology a small hooked structure, such as any of the hooked chaetae of certain polychaete worms
[from Late Latin: hook, from Latin uncus]
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5C) are subquadrangular uncinus with a short base containing approximately 8 lines of teeth with approximately 8 teeth on each (See Table 1).
First report of polychaetes from the genus Oriopsis (polychaeta: ... by Aviles, Fabian; Rozbaczylo, Nicolas; Herve, Marcelo; Godoy, Marcos / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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