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noun
A little claw or clawlike appendage, present on some arthropods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: more often
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of nail (“unguis”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: less often
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: nail
Antonyms: none provided
noun
small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics: clawed ferns; sometimes placed in family Cryptogrammataceae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Onychium
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fern genus
History
From New Latin; by surface analysis, onych- + -ium.
