a. and sb. [ad. mod.L. unguiculāt-us (Ray, 1693), f. L. unguiculus UNGUICLE. Cf. F. ung-, onguiculé.]
1. Bot. Of petals: Having an unguis or claw.
1802. R. Hall, Elem. Bot., 193. Unguiculate,… clawed.
1830. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 34. Their … many-celled fruit, and unguiculate petals.
1861. Bentley, Man. Bot., 454. Petals … imbricate, generally unequal and unguiculate.
2. Zool., etc. Ending in, assuming the form of, a nail or claw: a. Of the limbs of animals.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., III. xxx. 138. Those of the former … resemble the second class of unguiculate prolegs, except in the defect of claws.
1852. Dana, Crust., I. 252. Tarsus not unguiculate.
1881. Mivart, Cat, 472. Their digits are also unguiculate and never sheathed in horny hoofs.
b. Of other organs or parts.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., III. xxviii. 30. Mandibles cheliform or unguiculate.
1851. S. P. Woodward, Mollusca, 102. The operculum is described as … Claw-shaped, or unguiculate.
1872. Coues, N. Amer. Birds, 25. A bill is … unguiculate (clawed), when strongly epignathous.
3. Zool. Of quadrupeds: Furnished with nails or claws; belonging to the order Unguiculata.
1839. Hallam, Hist. Lit., IV. viii. § 16. Quadrupeds he [sc. Ray] was the first to divide into ungulate and unguiculate, hoofed and clawed.
a. 1847. Todd’s Cycl. Anat., III. 843/2. In all unguiculate Mammalia the tarsal bones are well developed.
1877. Coues, Fur Anim., iv. 117. Causing the feet to appear slender…, though they are relatively stouter than in many unguiculate animals.
b. sb. An unguiculate quadruped.
1840. Cuvier’s Anim. Kingd., 42. Among the unguiculates the first is Man.
a. 1847. Todd’s Cycl. Anat., III. 236/2. Those Unguiculates which have the front teeth trenchant.
