ungula.
A hoof, claw, or talon.
Meaning & usage
A hoof, claw, or talon.
A section of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse.
Synonym of claw (“slender appendage or process at the base of a petal”).
A surgical instrument for use in removing a dead fetus.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin ungula (“claw, hoof”), from unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”).
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