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
- : 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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