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un·guic·u·late U0075100 (ŭng-gwĭk′yə-lĭt, -lāt′) also un·guic·u·lat·ed (-lā′tĭd)adj.1. Having or resembling nails or claws.2. Zoology Having nails or claws, as opposed to hooves. Used of mammals.3. Botany Having a claw-shaped base: an unguiculate petal.
[New Latin unguiculātus, from Latin unguiculus, fingernail, diminutive of unguis; see unguis.]unguiculate (ʌŋˈɡwɪkjʊlɪt; -ˌleɪt) or unguiculatedadj1. (Biology) (of mammals) having claws or nails2. (Botany) (of petals) having a clawlike basen (Biology) an unguiculate mammal[C19: from New Latin unguiculātus, from Latin unguiculus, diminutive of unguis nail, claw]un•guic•u•late (ʌŋˈgwɪk yɛ lɪt, -ˌleɪt)
adj. Also, un•guic′u•lat`ed. 1. bearing or resembling a nail or claw. 2. belonging or pertaining to the former superorder Unguiculata, comprising mammals having nails or claws, as distinguished from hoofs. n. 3. an unguiculate animal. [1795–1805; < New Latin unguiculātus < Latin unguicul(us) fingernail (ungu(is)] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  unguiculate - a mammal having nails or claws unguiculate mammaleutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials | | Adj. | 1. |  unguiculate - having or resembling claws or nails; "unguiculate animals"; "an unguiculate flower petal"unguiculatedhoofed, hooved, ungulate, ungulated - having or resembling hoofs; "horses and other hoofed animals" |
unguiculateenUK
unguiculate [ung-gwik´u-lāt] 1. having claws.2. clawlike.un·guic·u·late (ŭng-gwik'yū-lāt), Having nails or claws, as distinguished from hooves.unguiculate (ŭng-gwĭk′yə-lĭt, -lāt′) also unguiculated (-lā′tĭd)adj.1. Having or resembling nails or claws.2. Zoology Having nails or claws, as opposed to hooves. Used of mammals.3. Botany Having a claw-shaped base: an unguiculate petal.unguiculateenUK
Related to unguiculate: clavicularSynonyms for unguiculatenoun a mammal having nails or clawsSynonymsRelated Words- eutherian
- eutherian mammal
- placental
- placental mammal
adj having or resembling claws or nailsSynonymsAntonyms- hoofed
- hooved
- ungulate
- ungulated
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