unguis

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Recall to your memory the beautiful hands of Diana and Minerva, and these two lines of Ovid, which naturally come in here:Pg 156 "Exiguo signet gestu quodcunque loquetur, Cui digiti pingues, cui scaber unguis erit."

From The Wonders of Pompeii by Monnier, Marc

I have no doubt, from the analogy of the two following allied species, that the petioles also move spontaneously; but they are not irritable like those of B. unguis and B. Tweedyana.

From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles

The malar bone, and the os unguis or lachrymal, are more or less developed according to the species considered.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

Nail: a tarsal claw: specifically the stout pointed claws in predatory Heteroptera = unguis.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Secondly and thirdly, Bignonia unguis with its close allies, and Cardiospermum; but their tendrils are so short that their contraction could hardly occur, and would be quite superfluous.

From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles