unguiculate

American  

[uhng-gwik-ye-lit, -leyt] / ʌŋˈgwɪk yɛ lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

1. bearing or resembling a nail or claw.

2. Zoology.  belonging or pertaining to the former superorder Unguiculata, comprising mammals having nails or claws, as distinguished from hoofs.

3. Botany.  having a clawlike base, as certain petals.

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noun

1. an unguiculate animal.

unguiculate British  

/ -ˌleɪt, ʌŋˈɡwɪkjʊlɪt /

adjective

1. (of mammals) having claws or nails

2. (of petals) having a clawlike base

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noun

1. an unguiculate mammal

Etymology

Origin of unguiculate

1795–1805; < New Latin unguiculātus, equivalent to Latin unguicul ( us ) fingernail ( ungu ( is ) ( unguis ) + -i- -i- + -culus -cule ¹ ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Perianth withering-persistent, spreading; the petal-like oblong or ovate sepals 1–2-glandular near the more or less narrowed but not unguiculate base, which is either free, or united and coherent with the base of the ovary.

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Foot broad, with two slender posterior appendages; operculum unguiculate.

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Of the unguiculate animals, some are ruminant, with two claws only, as the camel; others are carnivorous, with more numerous claws, as cats, dogs, polecats.

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Corolla of 4 unguiculate petals, between white and straw color, 1′ long.

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Beak straight, the tip hooked, unguiculate: 8 species.

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