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ungula

ungula noun: a hoof, claw, or talon.

ungula: a hoof, claw, or talon
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Noun

ungula (plural ungulae)

  1. (dated) A hoof, claw, or talon.
  2. A section 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. Synonym of claw (“slender appendage or process at the base of a petal”).
    Synonyms:
    unguis, claw
  4. A surgical instrument for use in removing a dead fetus.

ungula meaning in Tamil

ungula in Tamil

குளம்பு கொண்ட, விலங்கின் படம்

Synonyms of ungula

Forms of ungula

pluralungulae

Origin of ungula

Borrowed from Latin ungula (“claw, hoof”), from unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”).

Words formed from ungula

Questions about ungula

What does ungula mean?
Ungula means a hoof, claw, or talon.
What is ungula in Tamil?
Ungula in Tamil is குளம்பு கொண்ட, விலங்கின் படம். See Ungula meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ungula?
Ungula is a noun.
What is the plural of ungula?
The plural of ungula is ungulae.

Words near ungula in the dictionary

  1. unguinous
  2. unguis
  3. unguises
  4. unguitractor
  5. unguitractors
  6. ungula
  7. ungulae
  8. ungulant
  9. ungulants
  10. ungular
  11. ungulate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ungula (page history and authors); ungula (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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