Home › Words › U › unguiculusunguiculusunguiculus · noun — A diminutive claw or similar appendage at the end of an insect's foot.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyLearned borrowing from Latin unguiculus.nounA diminutive claw or similar appendage at the end of an insect's foot.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.ungula 74% match — A hoof, claw, or talon. vs unguiculus →unguis 68% match — The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage. vs unguiculus →unguitractor 65% match — A muscle that flexes the unguis, or claw. vs unguiculus →ungual 64% match — Pertaining to or resembling a creature's nail, claw or hoof; unguinal. vs unguiculus →unguical 63% match — ungual vs unguiculus →subunguis 61% match — A ventral plate of the claw. vs unguiculus →biunguiculate 60% match — Having two nails or claws. vs unguiculus →triungulin 58% match — The first-instar planidial larva of certain species of parasitoidal beetle; so named because the triungulin has three claws on each foot. vs unguiculus →