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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.]

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unguiculated - having or resembling claws or nails; "unguiculate animals"; "an unguiculate flower petal"unguiculate

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Synonyms for unguiculated

adj having or resembling claws or nails

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