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See definition of unguis on Dictionary.com
  • as inclaw
  • as inhoof

synonyms for unguis

  • fingernail
  • paw
  • tentacle
  • barb
  • clapperclaw
  • fang
  • grapnel
  • grappler
  • hook
  • manus
  • nipper
  • pincer
  • spur
  • talon
  • cant hook
  • nail claw
  • ungula
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How to use unguis in a sentence

The ancient writers, seeing the valves separate, placed it in their systems under the name Patella Unguis.
A CONCHOLOGICAL MANUALGEORGE BRETTINGHAM SOWERBY
Unguis: one of the claws at the end of the tarsus: also applied to a short process on the 6th antennal joint in some Aphids.
EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN ENTOMOLOGYJOHN. B. SMITH
The malar bone, and the os unguis or lachrymal, are more or less developed according to the species considered.
ARTISTIC ANATOMY OF ANIMALSDOUARD CUYER
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO UNGUIS

  • barb
  • cant hook
  • clapperclaw
  • fang
  • fingernail
  • grapnel
  • grappler
  • hook
  • manus
  • nail claw
  • nipper
  • paw
  • pincer
  • spur
  • talon
  • tentacle
  • unguis
  • ungula
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.