un·guic·u·late 
(ŭng-gwĭkyə-lĭt, -lāt′) also un·guic·u·lat·ed (-lā′tĭd)
(ŭng-gwĭkyə-lĭt, -lāt′) also un·guic·u·lat·ed (-lā′tĭd)adj.
1. Having or resembling nails or claws.
2. Zoology Having nails or claws, as opposed to hooves. Used of mammals.
3. Botany Having a claw-shaped base: an unguiculate petal.
[New Latin unguiculātus, from Latin unguiculus, fingernail, diminutive of unguis; see UNGUIS.]