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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

ungual

/uhng-gwuhl/US // ˈʌŋ gwəl //UK // (ˈʌŋɡwəl) //

舌苔,舌尖上的中国,瓜尔,舌尖

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, pertaining to, bearing, or shaped like a nail, claw, or hoof.

Examples

  • The ungual phalanx progressively decreases in size from the first to the fourth.

  • The limbs are plantigrade, and have five digits with rather pointed ungual phalanges.

  • The terminal or ungual phalanges of the digits are commonly specially modified to support nails, claws, or hoofs.

  • In Orycteropus the pollex is absent, while the other digits are terminated by pointed ungual phalanges.

  • In the Chiroptera the pes is pentedactylate, and the digits are terminated by long curved ungual phalanges.

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