Monday 13 October 2014

Ungual: Every Inchie Monday

Every Inchie Monday has had some unusual words in the past, but ungual?    According to Wikipedia,  "An ungual (from Latin unguis, i.e. nail) is a highly modified distal toe bone which ends in a hoof, claw, or nail. Elephants and other ungulates have ungual phalanges".  So rather than draw just a nail or claw, I decided to expand the definition a little and include the ungulate as well; they do have unguals after all (which my spell check insists I am misspelling).  This opened up the field to any one of a number of different animals.  So here is my offering of the week:




So I did draw the ungual (she's even lifting up the hoof to show you), I just added the animal on top of it!  She has a bit of a smile, so have a happy week. 

8 comments:

  1. Awwwwwww, how ungually cute! I love this inchie, and can see the ungual very well. :)

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  2. Oh this is terrific would never have thought of showing the whole animal

    Love Chrissie x

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  3. I thought about sharing one of my fancy manicures for this week but could not get organised so your hoof idea is cool!

    Sally

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  4. Very cute inchie. Like the smile on the ungulate.

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  5. I love your take on this weeks theme! great job! Good that she is smiling!

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  6. So cute and your comments made me smile!

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  7. Kia, He's so adorable! Sorry the arthritis gives you such trouble; hope you're feeling well. Have a brilliant day! c

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  8. Your zebra is soo cute. Love how it lifts up the hoof.

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