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a small hook or hooklike part, as in certain bones or in feathers.╂[< Latin hāmulus (diminutive) < hāmus hook]
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lus — abac·u·lus; aceph·a·lus; acer·vu·lus; ac·i·doph·i·lus; ac·ti·no·ba·cil·lus; ac·u·le·o·lus; aero·ba·cil·lus; aes·cu·lus; ag·ri·lus; al·a·lus; al·lo·phy·lus; al·ti·ca·me·lus; al·ve·o·lus; am·e·lus; amor·pho·phal·lus; am·phib·a·lus; amyg·da·lus;… … English syllables
ham — al·ham·bresque; bir·ming·ham; bon·ham; brig·ham·ite; brig·ham; buck·ing·ham·shire; chat·ham·ite; chel·ten·ham; cun·ning·ham·ia; dag·en·ham; fa·ham; ful·ham; gawk·ham·mer; ging·ham; gra·ham; gra·ham·ism; ham·a·dry·ad; ham·a·dry·as;… … English syllables
hamulus — ham·u·lus … English syllables
hamulus — ham•u•lus [[t]ˈhæm yə ləs[/t]] n. pl. li [[t] ˌlaɪ[/t]] anat. a small hooklike process, esp. at the end of a bone • Etymology: 1720–30; < L, =hām(us) hook + ulus ule ham′u•lar, ham′u•late , ham′u•lose , ham′u•lous, adj … From formal English to slang
hamulus — Any hooklike structure. SYN: hook (2) . [L. dim. of hamus, hook] h. cochleae SYN: h. of spiral lamina. lacrimal h. [TA] the hooklike lower end of the lacrimal crest, curving between the frontal process and … Medical dictionary
Hamuli — Hamulus Ham u*lus ( l[u^]s), n.; pl. {Hamuli} ( l[imac]). [L., a little hook.] 1. (Anat.) A hook, or hooklike process. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A hooked barbicel of a feather. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hamulus — Ham u*lus ( l[u^]s), n.; pl. {Hamuli} ( l[imac]). [L., a little hook.] 1. (Anat.) A hook, or hooklike process. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A hooked barbicel of a feather. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
a — acar·a·pis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·na; ac·a·ri·nar·i·um; ac·a·rine; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; ac·a·ri·no·sis; ac·a·ro·ce·cid·i·um; ac·a·roid; ac·a·rol·o·gist; ac·a·rol·o·gy; ac·a·ro·pho·bia; ac·a·rus; acat·a·lep·sy; acat·a·lex·is;… … English syllables
Laus — 1. Aus ar Lôs wird a Hôs. (Militsch.) Aus einer Laus wird ein Haus. Wenn jemand aus Kleinigkeiten, kleinen Versehen grosse Dinge macht. 2. Bat biäter es as ne Lûs, maut me met niämen noa Hûs. (Iserlohn.) – Woeste, 73, 200. 3. Besser eine Laus im… … Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon
da — abab·da; acar·i·da; ac·com·mo·da·ble; ac·com·mo·da·tion; ac·com·mo·da·tion·al; ac·com·mo·da·tive; ac·com·mo·da·tor; ac·cor·da·tu·ra; acel·da·ma; achor·da·ta; ac·ni·da; acras·i·da; acras·pe·da; ac·ti·noi·da; ac·ti·no·myx·i·da;… … English syllables
