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Webster 1913 Edition


Unguis

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Un′guis

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Noun.
;
pl.
Ungues
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[L., nail, claw, or hoof.]
1.
The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage.
2.
(Zool.)
One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect.
3.
(Bot.)
The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; called also
ungula
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