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Hook-shaped
Answer for the clue "Hook-shaped ", 6 letters:
hamate
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Word definitions for hamate in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hamate \Ha"mate\ (h[=a]"m[asl]t), a. [L. hamatus, fr. hamus hook.] Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context anatomy English) Hooked at the tip. n. The hamate bone.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers [syn: hamate bone , unciform bone , os hamatum ]
Usage examples of hamate.
He tried to distract himself by running through some of them now, murmuring their names: capitate, hamate, triquetral, lunate .