Definitions for "Uncinate"
Hooked; bent at the tip in the form of a hook; as, an uncinate process.
Hooked; curved back at point.
Hooked, or in form like a hook.
bearing a tab-like process at right angles to the main shaft; particularly of ribs, bearing a posteriorly-directed uncinate process which overlaps with the next more posterior rib (common in early tetrapods, birds and some other groups) to assist in respiration, in bracing the scapula, or to stiffen the body wall against lateral pressures for protection of the gut or in locomotion.