What is the meaning of Uncus?

A hook or claw.

Any body part which is long, thin, and curved.

  1. Specifically, the hooked end of the parahippocampal gyrus of the temporal lobe.

    Specifically, the hooked end of the parahippocampal gyrus of the temporal lobe.

    hook, barb

    a hook used to drag criminals by the neck

    a surgical instrument

    hooked, curved, barbed

    crooked, bent

    Source: wiktionary.org