ungula

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ungula (“claw, hoof”), from unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”). === Noun === ungula (plural ungulae) A hoof, claw, or talon. (geometry) 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. (botany) Alternative form of unguis. A surgical instrument for use in removing a dead fetus. === Anagrams === ungual == Interlingua == === Noun === ungula (plural ungulas) nail, ungula == Latin == === Etymology === Seemingly from unguis m (“fingernail, talon”) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix), although it is not clearly diminutive in sense and its formation is irregular (a Latin diminutive normally matches the gender of the base noun). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊŋ.ɡʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuŋ.ɡu.la] === Noun === ungula f (genitive ungulae); first declension hoof, claw (figuratively) a horse an aromatic spice ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ungulātus ==== Related terms ==== unguis ==== Descendants ==== === References === “ungula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ungula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ungula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.