01 n. A hoof, claw, or talon.
pl.
Ungulae ((#))
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1.
A hoof, claw, or talon.
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2.
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.(Geom.)
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Phrases & compounds
Spherical ungula —
a part of a sphere bounded by two planes intersecting in a diameter and by a line of the surface of the sphere.