ungual
English
adj
Definitions
- (biology) Pertaining to or resembling a creature's nail, claw or hoof; unguinal.
Etymology
Derived from Latin unguis (hoof, claw, nail, fingernail, talon).
Origin
Latin
unguis
Gloss
hoof, claw, nail, fingernail, talon
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
爪
Emoji
🐏 🐑
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- periungual English
- subungual English
- transungual English
- unguis English
- unguis Latin
- ungula Latin
- ungo Esperanto
- *ungus Proto-Italic