Definition of Ungual. Meaning of Ungual. Synonyms of Ungual

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Definition of Ungual

Ungual
Ungual Un"gual, a. [L. unguis a nail, claw, hoof.] 1. Of or pertaining to a nail, claw, talon, or hoof, or resembling one. 2. Having a nail, claw, or hoof attached; -- said of certain bones of the feet.

Meaning of Ungual from wikipedia

- ungual (from Latin unguis, i.e. nail) is a highly modified distal toe bone which ends in a hoof, claw, or nail. Elephants and ungulates have ungual phalanges...
- In mammals, ungual tufts are tufts of hairs at the base of claws of the forefeet and hindfeet. Their presence has been used as a character in cladistic...
- pollicis longus (asymmetric towards the radial side), an ungual fossa, and a pair of unequal ungual spines (the ulnar being more prominent). This asymmetry...
- 184v.86, consists of a second pedal ungual, with potentially ****igned elements from other specimens: pedal ungual CEUM 184v.294, tibia CEUM 184v.260 and...
- 1954. The genus is only known from a few bones, including gigantic manual unguals (claw bones), from which it gets its name, and additional findings comprising...
- Acro–dermato–ungual–lacrimal–tooth syndrome (ADULT syndrome) is a rare genetic disease. It is an autosomal dominant form of ectodermal dysplasia, a group...
- Odonto–tricho-ungual–digital–palmar syndrome is an autosomal dominant skin condition with salient clinical features of natal teeth, trichodystrophy, prominent...
- and four phalanges respectively. The smaller fingers are clawed, with the ungual size varying among species. In nyctosaurids the forelimb digits besides...
- mouth/oral, chest/pectoral, nipple/papillary, brain/cerebral, mind/mental, nail/ungual, hair/pilar, heart/cardial, lung/pulmonary, bone/osteotic, liver/hepatic...
- with three elongated digits (fingers), which ended up in strongly curved unguals (claw bones) that were similar in construction and flexibility to the wing...