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Definition of: ungula
(ung′gyə·lə) noun plural ·lae (-lē)
1. Zool. A hoof, claw, nail, or talon.
2. Surg. An instrument for removing a dead fetus from the womb.
3. Geom. That which is left of a cone or cylinder when the top is cut off by a plane oblique to the base: so called from its resemblance to a horse's hoof.
4. Bot. An unguis. [<L, hoof <unguis nail]
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