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unguiculate, a. and n.|ʌŋˈgwɪkjʊlət|
[ad. mod.L. unguiculāt-us (Ray, 1693), f. L. unguiculus unguicle. Cf. F. ung-, onguiculé.]
1. Bot. Of petals: Having an unguis or claw.
1802R. Hall Elem. Bot. 193 Unguiculate,..clawed. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 34 Their..many-celled fruit, and unguiculate petals. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 454 Petals..imbricate, generally unequal and unguiculate.
2. Zool., etc. Ending in, assuming the form of, a nail or claw:
a. Of the limbs of animals.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxx. 138 Those of the former..resemble the second class of unguiculate prolegs, except in the defect of claws. 1852Dana Crust. i. 252 Tarsus not unguiculate. 1881Mivart Cat 472 Their digits are also unguiculate and never sheathed in horny hoofs.
b. Of other organs or parts.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxviii. 30 Mandibles cheliform or unguiculate. 1851S. P. Woodward Mollusca 102 The operculum is described as..Claw-shaped, or unguiculate. 1872Coues N. Amer. Birds 25 A bill is..unguiculate (clawed), when strongly epignathous.
3. Zool. Of quadrupeds: Furnished with nails or claws; belonging to the order Unguiculata.
1839Hallam Hist. Lit. iv. viii. §16 Quadrupeds he [sc. Ray] was the first to divide into ungulate and unguiculate, hoofed and clawed. a1847Todd's Cycl. Anat. III. 843/2 In all unguiculate Mammalia the tarsal bones are well developed. 1877Coues Fur Anim. iv. 117 Causing the feet to appear slender.., though they are relatively stouter than in many unguiculate animals.
b. n. An unguiculate quadruped.
1840Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 42 Among the unguiculates the first is Man. a1847Todd's Cycl. Anat. III. 236/2 Those Unguiculates which have the front teeth trenchant. |