The claw of a bird or other animal.
A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.
An archaic English unit of length equivalent to ¹⁄₂₀ of an ell or ¹⁄₁₆ of a yard (2+¹⁄₄ inches or 5.715 cm).
The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
To expose as a sham.
To catch.
Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
To spike, as a cannon.
To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
To drive a nail.
To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.
A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch
Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
A black person who does not know how to swim.