unguis
Americannoun
plural
ungues-
a nail, claw, or hoof.
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Botany. the clawlike base of certain petals.
noun
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a nail, claw, or hoof, or the part of the digit giving rise to it
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the clawlike base of certain petals
Etymology
Origin of unguis
1685–95; < Latin unguis a nail, claw, hoof; akin to Greek ónyx
Example Sentences
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The malar bone, and the os unguis or lachrymal, are more or less developed according to the species considered.
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It is a thin, clear white shell, and is well named, from unguis, a finger-nail, which it much resembles.
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Nail: a tarsal claw: specifically the stout pointed claws in predatory Heteroptera = unguis.
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Besides the plants already described, Bignonia unguis and its close allies, though aided by tendrils, have clasping petioles.
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In the horse it arises, by a small tendon, from a tubercle which occupies the external surface of the os unguis, or lachrymal bone.
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