ungula noun4 •(old-fashioned) A hoof, claw, or talon. •A section of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse. •Synonym of claw (“slender appendage or process at the base of a petal”). •A surgical instrument for use in removing a dead fetus. formsungulae