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Unguiculata

Unguiculata

1 9.9
A former group of mammals with nails or claws, for example primates and carnivores
  • noun
  • /ˌʌŋɡwɪˈkjuːlətə/
  • Archaic
: unguiculata
  • The zoologist explained that Unguiculata includes mammals like humans and primates that have nails.
  • Vigna unguiculata

Examples

  • In class, we learned that animals in the Unguiculata group have distinctive claws unlike those in other classifications.

  • The evolutionary traits of Unguiculata were highlighted in the lecture on mammalian diversity.

  • Five plant varieties were collected and identified as Vigna unguiculata, Phascolus mungo, Glycine max, Pisum sativum, and Arachis hypogea.

    Academic text (2008)

Compounds

Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis
  • Specialized
9.9

A tropical plant like a bean that makes very long edible pods

Surface Forms

Unguiculata singular
Unguiculatas plural

Etymology

Unguiculata comes from the Latin root unguis, which means 'nail' or 'claw'. So Unguiculata was the name for a group of mammals defined by having nails or claws rather than hooves, unlike ungulates.