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Noun Concept
Categories: Nails (anatomy), All articles needing additional references, Articles contradicting other articles
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nail  fingernail  Fingernail growth world record holders  nail bed  Evolution of nails in primates
EN
Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits WordNet 3.0
English:
anatomy
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Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A nail is a protective plate characteristically found at the tip of the digits of all primates, corresponding to the claws in other tetrapod animals. Wikipedia
Toughened protective protein-keratin at the end of an animal digit Wikipedia Disambiguation
The hard, flat, translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation. OmegaWiki
The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals. Wiktionary
On fingers and toes. Wiktionary (translation)
EN
When I'm nervous I bite my nails. Wiktionary
IS A
horny structure
PL
Narządy palcowe
HAS PART
nail bed
eponychium
half-moon
matrix
root
PART OF
digit
integumentary system
toe
HAS KIND
fingernail
toenail
half-moon
grooming claw
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
claw
USE
protection
abrasion
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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nail
Wikipedia
EN
nail (anatomy)
Wikidata
EN
nail
Wiktionary
EN
nail
OmegaWiki
EN
fingernail, nail
Wikipedia Redirections
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Evolution of nails in primates, finger nail, finger nails, fingernail bed, fingernail growth, Fingernail Growth World Record Holders, Fingernail growth world record holders, fingernails, Growth of nails after death, Human fingernail, HUMAN NAIL, Hyponychial, Long nails, Longest fingernails, Longest nails, matrix unguis, Nail anatomy, nail bed (anatomy), nail beds, Nail field, nail plate (anatomy), nail plates, Nail trimming, Nailbed, Nailbeds, onychodystrophy, perionychium, periungual, periungual region, Placoda unguis, Thumbnail (anatomy), toe nail, Toe nails, toenails, Unghie
Wikidata Alias
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finger nail, fingernail, nails, toe nail, toenail, toes nail, unguis, Nail (anatomy)

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