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Unguiculate

Un-guī'cu-late, n.

noun

n. [See infra.] (Zoöl.) One of a division of the mammalia, including those which have the digits armed with claws, but free for the exercise of touch upon their under surface.

Un-guīe'ū-late or Un-guīe'ū-lā'ted, a.

adjective

a. [N. Lat. unguiculatus, fr. Lat. unguiculus, dim. of unguis, a nail or claw.]

Sense 1. Having claws; clawed.

Sense 2. (Bot.) Furnished with a claw, that is, a narrow base, as the petal in some flowers.

A botanical line drawing of an unguiculate petal, showing a broad fringed blade attached to a long narrow stalk.
Unguiculate Petal.