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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

un′cinate proc′ess, [Ornith.]

Birdsa curved, bony process on certain ribs of birds that projects backward and overlaps the succeeding rib, serving to strengthen the thorax.

1880–85

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