unguiculate. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

unguiculate

SYLLABICATION:	un·guic·u·late
PRONUNCIATION:	ng-gwky-lt, -lt
VARIANT FORMS:	also un·guic·u·lat·ed (-ltd)
ADJECTIVE:	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.
NOUN:	Zoology A mammal having nails or claws.
ETYMOLOGY:	New Latin unguicultus, from Latin unguiculus, fingernail, diminutive of unguis. See unguis.


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