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A measure of length, equal to two inches and a quarter.

 - n. (Anat.) the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes. The nails are strictly homologous with hoofs and claws. When compressed, curved, and pointed, they are called talons or claws, and the animal bearing them is said to be unguiculate; when they incase the extremities of the digits they are called hoofs, and the animal is ungulate.

 - (Zool.) (a) The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera. (b) The terminal horny ...