unguiculate
1 of 2adjective
un·guic·u·late
-ˌlāt
variants or less commonly unguiculated
-ˌlātə̇d
1
a
: having nails or claws
b
: of or relating to the Unguiculata
2
: tapering below into a claw or a stalklike base
an unguiculate petal
unguiculate
2 of 2noun
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plural -s
: a mammal of the division Unguiculata
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
unguiculate from New Latin unguiculatus, from Latin unguiculus fingernail (from Latin unguis + -culus -cle) + -atus -ate; unguiculated from New Latin unguiculatus + English -ed
Noun
New Latin Unguiculata
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- prince ru
- Prince Rupert drop
- prince rupert's drop
- Prince Rupert's Land
- Prince Rupert's metal
- prince wil
- Prince William Sound
- prince's feather
- prince's lengths
- Prince's metal
- prince's pine
- prince's reckoning
- prince's-plume
- prince's-plumes
- prince-bishop
- Prince-of-Wales'-feather
- Prince-of-Wales'-heath
- princedom
- princedoms
- princekin
- princekins
- princeless
- princelet
- princelets