unguis

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In the horse it arises, by a small tendon, from a tubercle which occupies the external surface of the os unguis, or lachrymal bone.

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It is a thin, clear white shell, and is well named, from unguis, a finger-nail, which it much resembles.

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

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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.

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

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