Ungulate Definition

ŭnggyə-lĭt, -lāt
ungulates
noun
ungulates
A hoofed mammal, such as a horse, pig, deer, buffalo, or antelope, belonging to the former order Ungulata, now divided into several orders including Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla.
American Heritage Medicine
A mammal having hoofs.
Webster's New World
adjective
Having hoofs; of or belonging to a former group of all mammals having hoofs.
Webster's New World
Shaped like a hoof.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Ungulate

Noun

Singular:
ungulate
Plural:
ungulates

Origin of Ungulate

  • Latin ungulātus from ungula hoof diminutive of unguis nail unguis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Late Latin ungulatus, from Latin ungula (“hoof").

    From Wiktionary

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