Ungual

Summary

An 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, as did the sauropods and horned dinosaurs. A claw is a highly modified ungual phalanx.

An ungual of the ground sloth Eremotherium

As an adjective, ungual means related to nail, as in periungual (around the nail).[1]

References edit

  1. ^ medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com

External links edit

  • Ungual defined, from Palaeos