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hook (hook) 1. a long, thin, curved instrument for traction or holding. 2. something with that shape. palate hook one for raising the palate in posterior rhinoscopy. Tyrrell's hook a slender hook used in eye surgery. hook 1. metal instrument turned backwards on itself at one end. 2. the aggressive upward thrusting action of a cattle beast with its horns. hook bone tuber coxae. obstetric hook see eyehooks. ovariectomy hook see spay hook (below). spay hook a small 6 inch blunt-pointed hook for exteriorizing a uterine horn during a spay operation in a cat or dog. See also covault spay hook and snook hook. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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More problematic still is the fact that the songs are hookless, almost indistinguishable dirges, resulting in a work with limited cult appeal rather than a bona fide hit. Cysticerci are released, attach to the small intestine by b) a hookless head and grow unto adult worms up to 10 meters long in 3 months, c) Each segment of the worm (proglottid) has male and female sexual organs and is capable of producing over 1,000 eggs. The effort is more loving than ironic, virtually hookless in comparison to his best stuff, and in spite of some high-falutin' poetry, it's surprisingly unintellectual and suggestive of almost-convincing self-loathing (``It's so easy to laugh at yourself when all those jokes have already been written''). |
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