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ungues

ungues is the plural of unguis.

Meaning of unguis

Noun

unguis (plural ungues or unguises)

  1. The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage.
    Synonyms:
    onychium
  2. One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect.
  3. The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; an ungula.
  4. (historical) An old measure equal to the length of the nail of the little finger.

Questions about ungues

What is ungues the plural of?
Ungues is the plural of unguis.

Words near ungues in the dictionary

  1. unguentiferous
  2. unguentous
  3. unguents
  4. unguenty
  5. unguerdoned
  6. ungues
  7. unguessability
  8. unguessable
  9. unguessableness
  10. unguessably
  11. unguessed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ungues (page history and authors); unguis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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