unguiculate

English

Etymology

From Latin unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”).

Adjective

unguiculate (comparative more unguiculate, superlative most unguiculate)

  1. (zoology) Having nails or claws, as distinguished from hoofs.
  2. (botany) Having a claw or narrow base, like the petal in some flowers.

Noun

unguiculate (plural unguiculates)

  1. (zoology) Any of the Unguiculata.

Latin

Adjective

unguiculāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of unguiculātus
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