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Definition of Ungulae

Ungulae
Ungula Un"gu*la, n.; pl. Ungul[ae]. [L., a claw, hoof, from unguis a nail, claw, hoof.] 1. A hoof, claw, or talon. 2. (Geom.) 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. 3. (Bot.) Same as Unguis, 3. 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.

Meaning of Ungulae from wikipedia

- In hoofed animals, the deciduous hoof capsule (Capsula ungulae decidua) is the eponychium in fetuses and newborn foals. It is a deciduous structure, which...
- PMID 15032919. Bragulla, H. (March 1991). "The deciduous hoof capsule (Capsula ungulae decidua) of the equine fetus and newborn foal". Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia...
- artillery Part of 4th Alpine Army Corps Garrison/HQ Trento Motto(s) "Nuntiant ungulae ignem" Anniversaries 15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River Decorations...
- of their fingers. Only their halluces (big toes) have the flat nails or ungulae that most other primates have. Marmosets have an arboreal locomotion similar...
- cylinders with equal radii and perpendicular axes intersect in four double ungulae. The bicylinder formed by the intersection had been measured by Archimedes...
- (tegulae) on all digits except the big toes, which have the flat nails (ungulae) common to other primates. Tegulae resemble a squirrel's claws and help...