FINGERNAIL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The nail at the end of a finger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("fingernail" is a kind of...):

nail (horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fingernail"):

thumbnail (the nail of the thumb)

Holonyms ("fingernail" is a part of...):

finger (any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb))

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