palatal hook

Noun

palatal hook (plural palatal hooks)

1. (orthodontics) A small hook for attaching elastic bands on the internal side of braces fixed to the upper teeth.
2. (typography, rare) = háček (when it takes the form of a prime)
3. (typography, pre-1989 IPA) A hamiform diacritic (̡) formerly used to mark consonantal palatalisation; superseded by the superscript jay: (ʲ).