unguiculatedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɡwɪkjᵿleɪtᵻd/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈɡwɪkjᵿleɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈɡwɪkjəˌleɪdᵻd/ 1. = unguiculate adj. and n. 2.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to the claw > claw-shaped
unguiform1726
unguiculated1752
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 110 The Lacerta,..with five unguiculated toes to each foot.
1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 192 Antennæ moniliform,..maxillæ unguiculated.
1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 424/1 The external jaw-feet are..sometimes unguiculated at the end.
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. i. 69 The toes free, flat, and unguiculated.
2. = unguiculate adj. and n. 3.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [adjective]
unguiculated1834
unguiculate1839
1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 224 As the Marsupialia..are parallel to the other unguiculated Mammalia.
1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) 336 Rodentia (or Gnawers).—Form a natural order of unguiculated animals.
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