hamiform

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• Received-Pronunciation, UK: hāʹmĭfôrm
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• Received-Pronunciation, UK: /ˈheɪmɪfɔːm/
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First attested in glossaries in 1842 and first used in 1870; either directly from the Latin hāmiformis (1651, 1806) or formed from the suffixation of its etymon, hāmus (“hook”), with the English -form.

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: päästä käyristynyt — conchology: curved at the extremity
• Hungarian: horgos — conchology: curved at the extremity
• Hungarian: horgas — conchology: curved at the extremity
• Hungarian: kampós — conchology: curved at the extremity
• Swedish: hakformig — conchology: curved at the extremity
• Finnish: koukkumainen — shaped like a hook
• Hungarian: horogszerű — shaped like a hook
• Hungarian: kampószerű — shaped like a hook
• Hungarian: horog/kampó alakú — shaped like a hook
• Swedish: krokformad — shaped like a hook
• Swedish: hakformig — shaped like a hook