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Webster 1913 Edition


Ungula


Un′gu-la

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Ungulae
(#)
.
[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.
[L. a hoof.] In geometry, a section or part of a cylinder, cut off by a plane oblique to the base.

Definition 2024


ungula

ungula

English

Noun

ungula (plural ungulae)

  1. A hoof, claw, or talon.
  2. (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.
  3. (botany) Alternative form of unguis


Latin

Etymology

From unguis (fingernail, talon)

Pronunciation

Noun

ungula f (genitive ungulae); first declension

  1. hoof, claw
  2. (figuratively) a horse
  3. an aromatic spice

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative ungula ungulae
genitive ungulae ungulārum
dative ungulae ungulīs
accusative ungulam ungulās
ablative ungulā ungulīs
vocative ungula ungulae

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