unguiculate
/uhng-gwik-ye-lit, -leyt/US // ʌŋˈgwɪk yɛ lɪt, -ˌleɪt //UK // (ʌŋˈɡwɪkjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt) //
无舌的,无规管,无舌,无规管的
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
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Also un·guic·u·lat·ed.
- : bearing or resembling a nail or claw.
- : Zoology. belonging or pertaining to the former superorder Unguiculata, comprising mammals having nails or claws, as distinguished from hoofs.
- : Botany. having a clawlike base, as certain petals.
n.名词 noun
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- : an unguiculate animal.
Examples
Palpi four: anterior pair pediform, cheliform, or unguiculate; posterior pediform.
Foot broad, with two slender posterior appendages; operculum unguiculate.
Unguiculate petals are universal and strongly marked in the Pink tribe, as in Soapwort (Fig. 248).
Quadrupeds he was the first to divide into ungulate and unguiculate, hoofed and clawed, having himself invented the Latin words.
Thus, for example, the tubulate corolla supposes the pre-existence of unguiculate petals.
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