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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.

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

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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

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