unguis

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: un=guis

CIDE DICTIONARY

unguis, n. [L., nail, claw, or hoof.].

•  The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage.  [1913 Webster]
•  One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect.  [1913 Webster]
•  The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; called also ungula.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

unguis, n. (pl. ungues)
1 Bot. the narrow base of a petal.
2 Zool. a nail or claw.

Etymology

L

ROGET THESAURUS

unguis

Retention

N retention, retaining, keep, detention, custody, tenacity, firm hold, grasp, gripe, grip, iron grip, fangs, teeth, claws, talons, nail, unguis, hook, tentacle, tenaculum, bond, clutches, tongs, forceps, pincers, nippers, pliers, vice, paw, hand, finger, wrist, fist, neaf, neif, bird in hand, captive, retaining, retentive, tenacious, unforfeited, undeprived, undisposed, uncommunicated, incommunicable, inalienable, in mortmain, in strict settlement, uti possidetis.