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Ungulate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Ungulate has 1 sense
- ungulate(n = noun.animal) hoofed mammal - any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically; Array is a kind of eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
has parts: hoof, cannon, shank, hock, hock-joint
has particulars: dinocerate, odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal, artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate
Derived form adjective ungulate1
Adjective Ungulate has 1 sense
- ungulate(a = adj.all) hoofed, hooved, ungulated - having or resembling hoofs; "horses and other hoofed animals" Antonym: unguiculate
Derived form noun ungulate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Ungulate, a. [L. ungulatus. See Ungula.].
- Shaped like a hoof. [1913 Webster]
- Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail,
n. , 1. [1913 Webster]
Ungulate, n.
Any hoofed quadruped; one of the Ungulata. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Ungulate, adj. & n.
--adj. hoofed.
--n. a hoofed mammal.
--adj. hoofed.
--n. a hoofed mammal.
Etymology
LL ungulatus f. UNGULA
THESAURUS
Ungulate
amphibian, aquatic, asinine, biped, bovid, bovine, canine, cannibal, caprid, caprine, carnivore, clawed, cosmopolite, cowish, cowlike, deerlike, equestrian, equine, feline, footed, gnawer, goatish, goatlike, herbivore, hircine, hoggish, hoofed, horsy, insectivore, invertebrate, mammal, mammalian, marsupial, marsupialian, mulish, omnivore, ovine, pedal, piggish, plantar, primate, quadruped, reptile, rodent, ruminant, scavenger, sheepish, sheeplike, swinish, taloned, toed, varmint, vermin, vertebrate
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