'Hamate' definitions:
Definition of 'hamate'
(from WordNet)
noun
The wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers [syn: hamate, hamate bone, unciform bone, os hamatum]
Definition of 'Hamate'
From: GCIDE
- Hamate \Ha"mate\ (h[=a]"m[asl]t), a. [L. hamatus, fr. hamus hook.] Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous. [1913 Webster]