Un-guī'cu-late1, n.
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.
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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.
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.
