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unguiculate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Unguiculate \Un*guic"u*late\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Unguiculata. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Unguiculate \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: unguiculate adj : having or resembling claws or nails; "unguiculate animals"; "an unguiculate flower petal" [syn: {unguiculated}] [ant: {ungulate}] n : a mammal having nails or claws [syn: {unguiculate mammal}]
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