ungula
Americannoun
plural
ungulaenoun
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maths a truncated cone, cylinder, etc
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a rare word for hoof
Other Word Forms
- ungular adjective
Etymology
Origin of ungula
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ungula a claw, hoof, talon, diminutive of unguis unguis
Example Sentences
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The horses are better; there is the dash of high venture in them; they have snuffed battle; their limbs are suppled to a bounding gallop,—as where in the Æneid, "Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various
The Governor's life-guard, in splendid uniform, prancing to and fro, 'Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum.'
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
Stare adeo miserum est, pereunt vestigia mille Ante fugam, absentemque ferit gravis ungula campum.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander
Center of gravity of an ungula and semi-cylinder.
From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Record, Samuel J.
Some have supposed it a poetical imitation of the sound of the trampling of horses, and compare this passage with the celebrated line of Virgil--"Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum."
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I by Cox, Francis Augustus
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