Definitions for: Unguiculate


[n] a mammal having nails or claws
[adj] having or resembling claws or nails; "unguiculate animals"; "an unguiculate flower petal"



Webster (1913) Definition: Un*guic"u*late, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Unguiculata.


Un*guic"u*late, Unguiculated Un*guic"u*la`ted,
a.
1. Furnished with nails, claws, or hooks; clawed. See the
Note under Nail, n., 1.

2. (Bot.) Furnished with a claw, or a narrow stalklike base,
as the petals of a carnation.

Synonyms: clawed, clawlike, unguiculate mammal, unguiculated

Antonyms: hoofed, hooved, ungulate, ungulated

See Also: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal

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