Ungulae

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ungula \Un"gu*la\, n.; pl. {Ungulae}. [L., a claw, hoof, from
     unguis a nail, claw, hoof.]
     1. A hoof, claw, or talon.
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     2. (Geom.) 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.
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     3. (Bot.) Same as {Unguis}, 3.
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     {Spherical ungula} (Geom.), a part of a sphere bounded by two
        planes intersecting in a diameter and by a line of the
        surface of the sphere.
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