nail
The horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of various animals, including most reptiles, birds, and mammals (both nonhuman and human).
Other meanings
The thin, flat type of such a plate on the fingers and toes of humans, chimpanzees and some other primates.
The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
A kind of
- horny structure
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "næġl".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “nail” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.