Definition of Ungula
1. n. A hoof, claw, or talon.
2. n. A hoof, claw, or talon.
Definition of Ungula
1. an unguis [n -LAE] : UNGULAR [adj] - See also: unguis
Medical Definition of Ungula
1.
Origin: L, a claw, hoof, from unguis a nail, claw, hoof.
1. A hoof, claw, or talon.
2. A section or part 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.
3. Same as Unguis.
Spherical ungula, a part of a sphere bounded by two planes intersecting in a diameter and by a line of the surface of the sphere.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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