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UNGUICULATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unguiculate mean?
• UNGUICULATE (noun)
The noun UNGUICULATE has 1 sense:
1. a mammal having nails or claws
Familiarity information: UNGUICULATE used as a noun is very rare.
• UNGUICULATE (adjective)
The adjective UNGUICULATE has 1 sense:
1. having or resembling claws or nails
Familiarity information: UNGUICULATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mammal having nails or claws
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
unguiculate; unguiculate mammal
Hypernyms ("unguiculate" is a kind of...):
eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)
Derivation:
unguiculate (having or resembling claws or nails)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or resembling claws or nails
Synonyms:
unguiculate; unguiculated
Context example:
an unguiculate flower petal
Similar:
clawed (having or resembling a claw or claws; often used as a combining form)
clawlike (resembling a claw)
Antonym:
ungulate (having or resembling hoofs)
Derivation:
unguiculate (a mammal having nails or claws)
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