Category:Ungula

Un"gu*la, n.; pl. Ungulæ. Etym: [l., a claw, hoof, from unguis a Nail, claw, hoof.]

1. A hoof, claw, or talon.

2. (geom.)

Defn: 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.

3. (bot.)

Defn: same as unguis, 3. 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.