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unguiculate

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un⋅guic⋅u⋅late

  [uhng-gwik-ye-lit, -leyt]
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–adjective Also, un⋅guic⋅u⋅lat⋅ed.
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
4. an unguiculate animal.
Origin:
1795–1805; < NL unguiculātus, equiv. to L unguicul(us) fingernail (ungu(is) (see unguis ) + -i- -i- + -culus -cule 1 ) + -ātus -ate 1
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un·guic·u·late   (ŭng-gwĭk'yə-lĭt, -lāt')   
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.

n.   Zoology
A mammal having nails or claws.

[New Latin unguiculātus, from Latin unguiculus, fingernail, diminutive of unguis; see unguis.]
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