unguis

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Masculine: all nouns in -nis and -guis; as, amnis, river; īgnis, fire; pānis, bread; sanguis, blood; unguis, nail.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

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

Trumpet Flower, bignonia unguis, is a genus of the angiospermia order, class didynamia; the calyx is quinquefid, the corolla of an elegant bell-shape, and is also quinquefoliated.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

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

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

Hic tuus inveniet satis in quo saeviat unguis, Quodque veru docto trans obeliscus eat: Scilicet haec mea sunt; haec quas mala scilicet: � si, Quae tua nempe forent, hic meliora forent!

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard