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Definition of Unguals

Ungual
Ungual Un"gual, a. [L. unguis a nail, claw, hoof.] 1. Of or pertaining to a nail, claw, talon, or hoof, or resembling one. 2. Having a nail, claw, or hoof attached; -- said of certain bones of the feet.

Meaning of Unguals from wikipedia

- ungual (from Latin unguis, i.e. nail) is a highly modified distal toe bone which ends in a hoof, claw, or nail. Elephants and ungulates have ungual phalanges...
- elements collected were three partial manual unguals (claw bones) of considerable size. This set of unguals was found on a subdivision of the Nemegt locality...
- In mammals, ungual tufts are tufts of hairs at the base of claws of the forefeet and hindfeet. Their presence has been used as a character in cladistic...
- therizinosaurs. The manual unguals (hand claws) are large and curved, as is generally seen in therizinosaurs. However, one of the unguals preserves a keratinous...
- the previously identified manual unguals of the specimens M184v.294, BYU 9438 and BYU 13068 are indeed pedal unguals. This suggestion was confirmed by...
- Acro–dermato–ungual–lacrimal–tooth syndrome (ADULT syndrome) is a rare genetic disease. It is an autosomal dominant form of ectodermal dysplasia, a group...
- pollicis longus (asymmetric towards the radial side), an ungual fossa, and a pair of unequal ungual spines (the ulnar being more prominent). This asymmetry...
- manual unguals (hand claws) are very distinctive. Their height is greater than their length, and they are strongly curved. One of the preserved unguals is...
- teeth attributed to S. aegyptiacus are reported from Algeria in 2015. Pedal ungual (MSNM V6894), cervical vertebra (FSAC-KK-7280) and dorsal vertebra (FSAC-KK-18118)...
- the first three bore wide and flat unguals. The feet were wide and had four toes with flattened, shovel-like unguals, which would have been useful for...