uncinata

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uncinata - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Uncinata \Un`ci*na"ta\ ([u^]n"s[i^]*n[=a]"t[.a]), n. pl. [NL.,
     fr. L. uncinus a hook.] (Zool.)
     A division of marine chaetopod annelids which are furnished
     with uncini, as the serpulas and sabellas.
     [1913 Webster]