鉤状かぎなり

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

hook-shaped; hooklike; unciform

Describes something curved like a hook. Often used in technical or descriptive contexts. The reading こうじょう (鉤状) is a separate entry.

See also: 鉤状 (こうじょう)

• その器き具ぐは先せん端たんが鉤かぎ状なりになっている。

  The tip of that instrument is hook-shaped.

• 鉤かぎ状なりの骨ほねを「有ゆう鉤こう骨こつ」と呼よぶ。

  A hook-shaped bone is called an 'unciform bone'.