0 the hard, slightly curved part that covers and protects the top of the end of a finger:
1 the hard, smooth covering that protects the upper part of the end of a finger
He bites his fingernails - it's an infuriating habit.
Their wearers' fingernails 'are sharpened after the manner of falcons or hawks', which certainly suggests they do no manual work.
Perhaps mercifully neither are there fingernails to provide false comfort.
Peering inside to look for her dear son's remains, she finds nothing but tiny bits of his fingernails.
Note that the group resembling a fingernail on the branch-tip consists of active cells.
Two variants are achieved by either using or not using the fingernail (bright or dull sound).
Examination of the extremities revealed that thefingerswere short and stubby with short wide fingernails.