a hook or hooklike process at the end of some bones or between the fore and hind wings of a bee or similar insect
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ham•u•lus
(ham′yə ləs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -li
ham′u•lar, ham•u•late
(ham′yə lāt′),USA pronunciation ham•u•lose
(ham′yə lōs′),USA pronunciation ham′u•lous, adj.
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(-lī′).USA pronunciation
- Anatomya small hook or hooklike process, esp. at the end of a bone.
- Latin, equivalent. to hām(us) hook + -ulus -ule
- 1720–30;
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