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ungula

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-gu-la
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hoof, claw, or talon.

Dated

noun

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

Synonym of claw (“slender appendage or process at the base of a petal”).

noun

A surgical instrument for use in removing a dead fetus.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ungula (“claw, hoof”), from unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *h₃negʰ-, ungula

Usage

Inflected Forms

ungulae (plural)

Derived Forms

ungulous

Synonyms

unguis claw

Questions

What does ungula mean?
A hoof, claw, or talon.
Where does ungula come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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