un·guic·u·late ( ng-gw k y -lt, -l t ) also un·guic·u·lat·ed (-ltd)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 unguicul tus, from Latin unguiculus, fingernail, diminutive of unguis; see unguis.] |
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| Adj. | 1. |  unguiculated - having or resembling claws or nails; "unguiculate animals"; "an unguiculate flower petal" |
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