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Definition of Unguiculate

Unguiculate
Unguiculate Un*guic"u*late, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Unguiculata.
Unguiculate
Unguiculate Un*guic"u*late, Unguiculated Un*guic"u*la`ted, a. 1. Furnished with nails, claws, or hooks; clawed. See the Note under Nail, n., 1. 2. (Bot.) Furnished with a claw, or a narrow stalklike base, as the petals of a carnation.

Meaning of Unguiculate from wikipedia

- is marginal, as in Purpura, Xenophora, and Paludomus. claw-shaped, or unguiculate: with the nucleus apical or in front, as in Turbinella and Fusus; it...
- in 1811, deriving from the Gr**** word μηρος (femur). Combined with 'unguiculate', meaning to have claws or nails in Latin, the name can be loosely translated...
- to two thirds as long), oblong, spathulate or oblanceolate, somewhat unguiculate (claw like); tapering to the base and erect. These tepals also bear green...
- chestnut picked out with buff on the shoulder nodules. The operculum is unguiculate with a terminal nucleus. This marine species is endemic to Australia...
- 9 mm long and 1.5 mm wide; the simple lip, 9 mm long and 6 mm wide, unguiculate, adnate to the base of the spine, with the disc dilated and with undulated...
- turning white at the front of the petal.: 17  The standards are obovate or unguiculate (claw shaped), they are paler than the falls,: 17  and have a pale haft...
- diam. of last whorl 11; length of mouth 12½, width nearly 6. Operculum unguiculate, concentrically and transversely striated. Hab. Mouth of the Macusi River...
- single coloured (violet-blue to blue) standards are oblanceolate and unguiculate (clawed shaped). They also have a dark purple claws measuring 35–50 mm...
- tepals), known as the 'standards'. The upright standards are obovate or unguiculate (claw-like) in shape, with dark veining. The falls are oblong or ovate...
- orange-white. It has broader standards, which are orbicular (rounded), or unguiculate (narrow stalk-like), they are 5.5–7.5 cm (2–3 in) cm long and 4.5–5 cm...