nail clippings
Manicure's small remnants
Nail clippings are the small crescents of keratin trimmed from fingernails or toenails.
The term usually appears in contexts of disposal or disgust—nobody wants to find someone else's nail clippings on the bathroom floor or couch cushions.
He left his nail clippings scattered on the coffee table.
- body partsCorporeal structural elements
- cuticlesSkin at nail base
- dead skinDiscarded epidermal cells
- trimmingCutting away excess
- scissorsPivoted twin-blade cutter
grooming · personal hygiene · keratin · sharp · crescent · bathroom · filing · hangnail · snipping · debris · hygiene · disposal · trash can · garbage · DNA · forensic evidence · growth · jagged
- clippingshair clippings, hedge clippings, newspaper clippings, press clippings, magazine clippings
- Trace Evidencehair, fiber, fingerprints, DNA, blood
- organic remainsbone, bones, carcass, carcasses, carrion
- biospecimensblood samples, tissue samples, DNA samples, saliva samples, biological samples
- compostablesfood scraps, food waste, kitchen scraps, yard waste, leaves
- shed materialhair, skin, fur, feathers, scales