单词 | unguiculate |
释义 | unguiculate /ung gwik"ye lit, -layt'/, adj. Also, unguiculated. 1. bearing or resembling a nail or claw. 2. Zool. belonging or pertaining to the former superorder Unguiculata, comprising mammals having nails or claws, as distinguished from hoofs. 3. Bot. having a clawlike base, as certain petals. n. 4. an unguiculate animal. [1795-1805; < NL unguiculatus, equiv. to L unguicul(us) fingernail (ungu(is) (see UNGUIS) + -i- -I- + -culus -CULE1) + -atus -ATE1] |
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