unguis

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I have no doubt, from the analogy of the two following allied species, that the petioles also move spontaneously; but they are not irritable like those of B. unguis and B. Tweedyana.

From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles

In the horse it arises, by a small tendon, from a tubercle which occupies the external surface of the os unguis, or lachrymal bone.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

Nail: a tarsal claw: specifically the stout pointed claws in predatory Heteroptera = unguis.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Trumpet Flower, bignonia unguis, is a genus of the angiospermia order, class didynamia; the calyx is quinquefid, the corolla of an elegant bell-shape, and is also quinquefoliated.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

Recall to your memory the beautiful hands of Diana and Minerva, and these two lines of Ovid, which naturally come in here:Pg 156 "Exiguo signet gestu quodcunque loquetur, Cui digiti pingues, cui scaber unguis erit."

From The Wonders of Pompeii by Monnier, Marc