Ungula

Noun

un=gu=la

CIDE DICTIONARY

Ungula, n. [L., a claw, hoof, from unguis a nail, claw, hoof.].

A hoof, claw, or talon. [1913 Webster]
A section or part 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. [1913 Webster]
Same as Unguis, 3. [1913 Webster]

Spherical ungula (Geom.), a part of a sphere bounded by two planes intersecting in a diameter and by a line of the surface of the sphere.

Ungula, n. (pl. ungulae) a hoof or claw.

Etymology

L, dimin. of UNGUIS

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