1. Having small hooks or hook-like projections; furnished with or resembling small hamuli.
Usage: technical; biology; botany

Examples

• The hamulose bristles on the insect's legs help it grip surfaces.
• Botanists observed hamulose structures on the plant's seed pods.
• The hamulose appendages of the organism aid in attachment and movement.
• Under magnification, the hamulose projections became clearly visible.