What is "unguiculate"

Unguiculate \Un*guic"u*late\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Unguiculata.

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.

a. (context biology English) Having nails or claws, as distinguished from hoofs. n. (context zoology English) Any of the Unguiculata.

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]