onychium
onychium · onychia
A little claw or clawlike appendage, present on some arthropodsA little claw or clawlike appendage, present on some arthropods.
Meaning
2 sensesA little claw or clawlike appendage, present on some arthropods.
Synonym of nail (“unguis”).
More definitions
- small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics: clawed ferns; sometimes placed in family Cryptogrammataceae
Origin
From New Latin; by surface analysis, onych- + -ium.From New Latin; by surface analysis, onych- + -ium.
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Forms
plural: onychiaSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics: clawed ferns; sometimes placed in family Cryptogrammataceae:genus Onychium
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