Unguiculate
adjective, Also, unguiculated
1.
bearing or resembling a nail or claw.
2.
Zoology. belonging or pertaining to the former superorder Unguiculata, comprising mammals having nails or claws, as distinguished from hoofs.
3.
Botany. having a clawlike base, as certain petals.
noun
4.
an unguiculate animal.
adjective
1.
(of mammals) having claws or nails
2.
(of petals) having a clawlike base
noun
3.
an unguiculate mammal
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