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A Writer's Dictionary:

unguiculate Definition


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unguiculate
adj
    1. bot.
      Said of a petal: with a clawlike base.
    2a. zool.
      Said of mammals: with claws or nails;
    2b. zool.
      Said of an organ, part, etc: clawlike.
noun
    1. An unguiculate mammal.
Etymology: 19c: from Latin unguiculus fingernail or toenail, diminutive of unguis.



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