ungula

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: un=gu=la

CIDE DICTIONARY

ungula, n. [L., a claw, hoof, from unguis a nail, claw, hoof.].

•  A hoof, claw, or talon.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  Same as Unguis, 3.  [1913 Webster]

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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ungula, n. (pl. ungulae) a hoof or claw.

Etymology

L, dimin. of UNGUIS