ungulate
noun
- group of tetrapods that use the tips of their toes or hoofs to walk on
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈʌŋɡjʊlɪt/ / /ˈʌŋɡjʊleɪt/
adj
Etymology: From Late Latin ungulātus, from Latin ungula (“hoof”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun was substantivized from the adjective through the associated taxon's name (Ungulata), see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
- Having hooves.
“When Owen wrote his description there was no evidence to determine the character of the extremities, whether they were ungulate, unguiculate, or pinnate, while the structure of the nostrils suggested”
“Unlike the serial manus and pes of the edentata the carpus and tarsus are here diplarthrous in structure or displaced upon each other. While the Condylarthra are ungulate with an unguiculate carpus and tarsus, […]”
- Shaped like a hoof.
“[…] areolet of only moderate size; first abscissa of the radius slightly more ungulate than in other varieties.”
noun
Etymology: From Late Latin ungulātus, from Latin ungula (“hoof”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun was substantivized from the adjective through the associated taxon's name (Ungulata), see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
- An ungulate animal; a hooved mammal of the clade Euungulata.
“The majority of large land mammals are ungulates.”
- A member of the now obsolete clade Ungulata.