hāmŭlus, i, m. dim. [hamus],
a small hook : piscarius, a small angle , Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 17.—As a surgical instrument, Cels. 7, 7, 4 and 7.
·noun A hook, or hooklike process. II. Hamulus ·noun A hooked barbicel of a feather. ...
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