unguiculateadj.n.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɡwɪkjᵿlət/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈɡwɪkjᵿlət/, U.S. /ˌənˈɡwɪkjəˌleɪt/, /ˌənˈɡwɪkjələt/ 1. Botany. Of petals: Having an unguis or claw.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having petals > having or not having a spur or calcar
unguiculate1802
spurred1824
calcarate1830
spurless1839
clawed1872
bicalcarate1876
1802 R. Hall Elem. Bot. 193 Unguiculate,..clawed.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 34 Their..many-celled fruit, and unguiculate petals.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 454 Petals..imbricate, generally unequal and unguiculate.
2. Zoology, etc. Ending in, assuming the form of, a nail or claw:
a. Of the limbs of animals.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to the claw
unguicular1826
unguiculate1826
unguical1833
ungual1834
unguinal1860
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxx. 138 Those of the former..resemble the second class of unguiculate prolegs, except in the defect of claws.
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 252 Tarsus not unguiculate.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 472 Their digits are also unguiculate and never sheathed in horny hoofs.
b. Of other organs or parts.
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1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxviii. 30 Mandibles cheliform or unguiculate.
1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 102 The operculum is described as..Claw-shaped, or unguiculate.
1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 25 A bill is..unguiculate (clawed), when strongly epignathous.
3.
a. Zoology. Of quadrupeds: Furnished with nails or claws; belonging to the order Unguiculata.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [adjective]
unguiculated1834
unguiculate1839
1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. viii. 573 Quadrupeds he [sc. Ray] was the first to divide into ungulate and unguiculate, hoofed and clawed.
1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 843/2 In all unguiculate Mammalia the tarsal bones are well developed.
1877 E. Coues Fur-bearing Animals iv. 117 Causing the feet to appear slender.., though they are relatively stouter than in many unguiculate animals.
b. n. An unguiculate quadruped.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun]
unguiculate1839
1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 236/2 Those Unguiculates which have the front teeth trenchant.
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 42 Among the unguiculates the first is Man.
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