ungual
Americanadjective
adjective
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of, relating to, or affecting the fingernails or toenails
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of or relating to an unguis
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Origin of ungual
1825–35; < Latin ungu ( is ) a nail, claw, hoof (akin to Greek ónyx ) + -al 1
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest This ungual claw from a theropod yielded structures which appear to be red blood cells.
From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2015
As just mentioned, Ostrom used pedal ungual shape, not the shape of the keratinous claws themselves.
From Scientific American • Dec. 18, 2012
The claws would have been impressive, the authors describing the ungual phalanges, or claws, on the hands as “extremely large” and robust, about 3.5cm long.
From Scientific American • Aug. 29, 2012
The tarsal bones are short, and the digits have the usual number of phalanges, the ungual or nail-bearing ones being small and rounded.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage
The branch to digit IV inserts on the base of the ungual phalanx, with one tendinous slip to the distal end of the third phalanx and another to the distal end of the fourth.
From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.
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