UNGUIS
Un"guis, n.; pl. Ungues. Etym: [L., nail, claw, or hoof.]
1. The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; called also ungula.
UNGULA Un"gu*la, n.; pl. Ungulæ. Etym: [L., a claw, hoof, from unguis a nail, claw, hoof.]
1. A hoof, claw, or talon.
2. (Geom.)
Defn: 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.