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  • noun A hoof, claw, or talon.
  • noun 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.
  • noun botany Alternative form of unguis.

Etymologies

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Latin, a claw, hoof, from unguis ("nail, claw, hoof").

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