UNGULA
\ˈʌnɡjʊlə], \ˈʌnɡjʊlə], \ˈʌ_n_ɡ_j_ʊ_l_ə]\
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A hoof, as of a horse: in geom. a part cut off from a cylinder cone, etc., by a plane passing obliquely through the base and part of the curved surface-so named from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse: in surg. an instrument for extracting a dead foetus from the womb.
By Daniel Lyons
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An instrument for extracting a dead fetus.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland