unguis
Americannoun
plural
ungues-
a nail, claw, or hoof.
-
Botany. the clawlike base of certain petals.
noun
-
a nail, claw, or hoof, or the part of the digit giving rise to it
-
the clawlike base of certain petals
Etymology
Origin of unguis
1685–95; < Latin unguis a nail, claw, hoof; akin to Greek ónyx
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Masculine: all nouns in -nis and -guis; as, amnis, river; īgnis, fire; pānis, bread; sanguis, blood; unguis, nail.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
The malar bone, and the os unguis or lachrymal, are more or less developed according to the species considered.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
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
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
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
