unguis

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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

The tendrils are so closely similar in all respects to those of B. unguis, that one description will suffice.

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

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

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

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)