Meaning

4 senses

  1. The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage.

  2. One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect.

  3. The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; an ungula.

  4. (historical)An old measure equal to the length of the nail of the little finger.

More definitions
  • any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin

Origin

From Latin unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”). Doublet of onyx.

From Latin unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”). Doublet of onyx.

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Forms

plural: ungues / unguises
Singularunguis
Pluralungues / unguises

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
onychium
Close in meaning
  • any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin:horny structure

Word family

1 related words
Derivedsubunguis

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ungodlyB2ungratefulungulateunhappilyunhappinessB2

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