uncinate process
noun Ornithology.
a curved, bony process on certain ribs of birds that projects backward and overlaps the succeeding rib, serving to strengthen the thorax.
Origin of uncinate process
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby uncinate process
uncinate,
uncinate epilepsy,
uncinate fasciculus,
uncinate fit,
uncinate gyrus,
uncinate process,
uncinus,
uncio,
uncircumcised,
uncircumcision,
uncivil