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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Ille tamen neque terribili stat spumeus ira; Ungula nec celso fervida calce tonat.
From Project Gutenberg
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 Project Gutenberg
The first is a prelude in triplets intended to picture the gallop of the steed, a common enough device since the days when Virgil did it much better without the aid of musical notation, in his well-known line,— “Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum.”
From Project Gutenberg
Stare adeo miserum est, pereunt vestigia mille Ante fugam, absentemque ferit gravis ungula campum.
From Project Gutenberg
Ungula: a hoof, claw or talon.
From Project Gutenberg
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