HAMULUS
\hˈamjʊləs], \hˈamjʊləs], \h_ˈa_m_j_ʊ_l_ə_s]\
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By William R. Warner
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A hook, or hook-like process; the minute hook-like process on the distal barbules which aid in the interlocking of the barbs of a feather.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Diminutive of hamus, 'a hook.' A hook or crook: Ancistron. Also, any hooklike process; as the hamulus or hamular process of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone, which projects from the termination of the internal pterygoid plate.
By Robley Dunglison
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