"retroflex hook" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: retroflex hooks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} retroflex hook (plural retroflex hooks)
  1. (typography) A hamiform diacritic used to mark consonantal retroflexion. Categories (topical): Typography
    Sense id: en-retroflex_hook-en-noun-h-i6Nw9C Topics: media, publishing, typography

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