Thesaurus: ungula

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1. n. A hoof, claw, or talon.
2. n. 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. n. Same as Unguis, 3.
4. 1. A hoof, claw, or talon. 2. (Geom.) 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. (Bot.) Same as Unguis, 3. Spherical ungula (Geom.), a part of a sphere bounded by two planes intersecting in a diameter and by a line of the surface of the sphere.
5. A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid ofrevolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; -- so called fromits resemblance to the hoof of a horse.
6. n. A hoof, claw, or talon. n. 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. n. Same as Unguis, 3.