adunc

adunc
aduncity /euh dun"si tee/, n.
/euh dungk"/, adj.
curved inward; hooked.
[1620-30; < L aduncus, equiv. to ad- AD- + uncus hook, barb]

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  • reflex — adj 1. reactive, responsive, reflexive; rebounding, boomeranging, recoiling; resilient, elastic, springy, bouncy; knee jerk, spontaneous, automatic, immediate, involuntary. 2. reflected, mirrored, returned; echoed, echoing, repetitive, reechoed,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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