ungual (a.) Of or pertaining to a nail, claw, talon, or hoof, or
resembling one.
ungual (a.) Having a nail, claw, or hoof attached; -- said of certain
bones of the feet.
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ungual ung′gwal, adj. relating to, like, or
having a nail, claw, or hoof.—adj.Ung′uical.—n.Ung′uicorn, the horny nail at the tip of a
bird's mandible.—adj.Unguic′ūlar, relating to a nail or
claw.—n.pl.Unguicūlā′ta, a superordinal
division of mammals with claws.—adjs.Unguic′ūlate, -d, having claws: furnished with a claw or narrow
base, as the petal in some flowers.—n.Unguic′ūlus, a diminutive claw or
similar appendage at the end of an insect's foot.—adjs.Unguif′erous, bearing an unguis of
one kind or other; Ung′uiform,
shaped like a claw; Ung′uinal,
pertaining to the unguis or nail; Unguiros′tral, with a nail at the end of the
bill.—ns.Ung′uis, a
nail, claw, hoof, or any structure resembling such: the narrow part of
the base of a petal, acting as a footstalk: a measure equal to the length
of the nail of the little finger, ½-inch; Ungula(ung′gū-la), a surgical instrument for use
in removing a dead fœtus: a hoof-shaped section of a cylinder,
cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the
base.—adj.Ungular(ung′gū-lar), like an ungula,
ungual.—n.pl.Ungulata(ung-gū-lā′ta), an order of mammals,
including (1) the Artiodactyla (with an even number of
toes)—e.g. pig, hippopotamus, peccary, camel, and ruminants like
cattle, sheep, and deer; (2) the Perissodactyla (with an odd
number of toes)—e.g. tapir, rhinoceros, and
horse.—adj.Ungulate(ung′gū-lāt), hoof-shaped: hoofed,
having the digits enclosed in hoofs. [L. unguis, a nail.]
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