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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNGUIS

Un "guis, n.; pl. Ungues. Etym: [L., nail, claw, or hoof. ]

 

1. The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect.

 

3. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; called also ungula.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

unguis

un guis |ˈəNGgwis ˈəŋɡwɪs | noun ( pl. ungues |ˈəNGgwēz | ) Zoology a nail, claw, or fang. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Latin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

unguis

unguis |ˈʌŋgwɪs | noun ( pl. ungues |-wiːz | ) Zoology a nail, claw, or fang. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Latin.

 

Spanish Dictionary

unguis

unguis nombre masculino anat Hueso pequeño y delgado situado en la parte anterior e interna de las órbitas de los ojos, que, junto con otro, contribuye a formar los conductos lacrimal y nasal .SINÓNIMO lacrimal, lagrimal .El plural es unguis .