Crossword clues for ungual
ungual
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ungual \Un"gual\, a. [L. unguis a nail, claw, hoof.]
Of or pertaining to a nail, claw, talon, or hoof, or resembling one.
Having a nail, claw, or hoof attached; -- said of certain bones of the feet.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"pertaining to a nail or claw," 1834, from Latin unguis "a claw, nail of the finger or toe;" cognate with Greek onyx, Old English nægel, Old Norse nagl "nail;" see nail (n.).
Wiktionary
a. (context biology English) Pertaining to or resembling a creature's nail, claw or hoof; unguinal. n. A modified toe bone, typically ending in a hoof or claw
WordNet
adj. of or relating to a nail or claw or hoof
Wikipedia
An ungual (from Latin unguis, i.e. nail) is a highly modified distal toe bone which ends in a hoof, claw, or nail. Elephants and other ungulates have ungual phalanges, as did the sauropods and horned dinosaurs. A claw is a highly modified ungual phalange.
As an adjective, ungual means related to nail, as in periungual (around the nail).
Usage examples of "ungual".
The tarsal bones are short, and the digits have the usual number of phalanges, the ungual or nail-bearing ones being small and rounded.
It is probable that in these cases the soft parts of the 3d phalanx, and especially the ungual matrix, had not been wholly destroyed.