uncus

A hook-shaped part or process.

The hook-like anterior extremity of the uncinate convolution of the brain.

In entomology, the beak-like mesial prolongation of the eighth abdominal segment of lepidopteróus insects. It forms no proper part of the organs ancillary to generation.

The head, hook, or comb of the malleolus or lateral tooth of the mastax of a wheel-animalcule.

In botany, a hook.

A hook or claw.

A hook or claw.

Hence, any body part which is long, thin, and curved.

Specifically, the hooked end of the parahippocampal gyrus of the temporal lobe; also called the uncinate gyrus or uncus gyri parahippocampalis.

(biology) any hook-shaped process or part