ˌənˈsīnəs noun
( plural unci·ni -īˌnī)
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, hook
: a small hooklike structure or process: as
a. : one of the minute chitinous hooks found in large numbers in the tori of some tubicolous annelids
b. : one of the hooklike lateral teeth of the radula of a gastropod
c. : a hooked cilium of various infusorians