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ungula |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Unguis \Un"guis\, n.; pl {Ungues}. [L., nail, claw, or hoof.] 1. The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage. 2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect. 3. (Bot.) The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; called also {ungula}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ungula \Un"gu*la\, n.; pl {Ungul[ae]}. [L., a claw, hoof, from unguis a nail, claw, hoof.] 1. A hoof, claw, or talon. 2. (Geom.) A section or part 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. 3. (Bot.) Same as {Unguis}, 3. {Spherical ungula} (Geom.), a part of a sphere bounded by two planes intersecting in a diameter and by a line of the surface of the sphere.
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