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(rare) Enough to be stored under one's fingernail.

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fingernailful

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Source Word

fingernailful

rare

(rare) Enough to be stored under one's fingernail.

Japanese Meaning

爪の下に蓄えることができるほどの、ごくわずかで小さい量

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Before sealing the specimen, the biologist scooped a fingernailful of sediment into a vial for analysis.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

標本を封じる前に、生物学者は分析のために土のごく少量（爪の下に入るほどの量）をバイアルにすくい入れた。

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(rare) Enough to be stored under one's fingernail.

He hurried up the back stairs with the hot water, scooping up a fingernailful of frost off the window in the back hall where there wasn't any register.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

fingernailfuls

（ plural ）

fingernailsful

（ plural ）

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