/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; unguiculatus, equiv. to L unguicul ( us ) fingernail ( ungu ( is ) (see UNGUIS) + -i- -I- + -culus -CULE 1 ) + -atus -ATE 1 ]