Word ForThe Day: Ungual -- February 26, 2023

One can learn the meaning of a word many different ways. My problem: I often learn a new word but then forget the meaning sometime later. I have much more success if I learn the new word from a book.

From page 230, The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, From the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to US, Steve Brusatte, c. 2022.

 "These mammals became known as Darwin's South American Ungulates, because many of them walked on hooves -- a hoof being the modified ungual, or last bone, on each finger or toe, Darwin's Ungulates were astoundingly diverse."

From wiki:

An ungual (from Latin unguis, i.e. nail) is a highly modified distal toe bone which ends in a hoof, claw, or nail. Elephants and ungulates have ungual phalanges, as did the sauropods and horned dinosaurs. A claw is a highly modified ungual phalanx.

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