ungual

1. 1.

   of or relating to a nail or claw or hoof

Questions about ungual

What does ungual mean?

ungual means "of or relating to a nail or claw or hoof".

How many syllables are in ungual?

ungual has 3 syllables and divides as un-gu-al under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is ungual a common word?

ungual is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.