Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a nail or claw; bearing claws; ungual.
- Of the length of an unguis or human finger-nail; about half an inch long.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a claw or a nail; ungual.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a
claw ornail ;ungual .
Etymologies
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Latin unguiculus, diminutive of unguis a nail.
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XSL 9 unguicular. petiolata: prima fimpliciter ovata, acuta, tenuia, glabra, fub florefceU '' ti? erutnpencia, dein ternata.
Summa plantarum 1789
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