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aduncate
"Hooked, bent inward", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Robert Lovell (?1630–1690), naturalist. From post-classical Latin
aduncatus
, past participle of
aduncare
to bend, curve from classical Latin
ad-
+
uncus
hooked, crooked, curved.