Definition of "ungula" []

• A hoof, claw, or talon. (noun)
• A section 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. (noun)
• Alternative form of unguis. (noun)

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• "Onomatopœia is the suiting of sound to sense; as, -- quadrupedante putrem sonitū quatit ungula campum, '_And shake with horny hoofs the solid ground_.'"
• "Grant points out to me the possible borrowing from Ennius _Ann_ 439 Vahlen3 'it eques et plausu _caua_ concutit _ungula_ terram'."
• "The earth shook with the stamping of the hoofs, "_Quadrupedante putrem crepitu quatit ungula campum_.""