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Webster 1913 Edition
Ungula
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Un′gu-la
,Noun.
pl.
Ungulae
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. [L., a claw, hoof, from
unguis
a nail, claw, hoof.] 1.
A hoof, claw, or talon.
2.
(Geom.)
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.
3.
(Bot.)
Same as
Unguis
, 3. 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ungula
UN'GULA
,Noun.