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 tendrils are so closely similar in all respects to those of B. unguis, that one description will suffice.
From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles
Besides the plants already described, Bignonia unguis and its close allies, though aided by tendrils, have clasping petioles.
From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles
Another horn, probably that of an ibex, is in the same institution, and has a silver mount inscribed “Gryphi unguis divo Cuthberto dunelmensi sacer.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
In the horse it arises, by a small tendon, from a tubercle which occupies the external surface of the os unguis, or lachrymal bone.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
In Bignonia unguis and its close allies, the petioles of the leaves, as well as the tendrils, are sensitive to a touch.
From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles
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