noun
Meaning 1
A hoof, claw, or talon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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ungula
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noun
Meaning 2
A section of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
Synonym of claw (“slender appendage or process at the base of a petal”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: unguis, claw
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noun
Meaning 4
A surgical instrument for use in removing a dead fetus.
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ungula (“claw, hoof”), from unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”).