Ungulate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈʌŋɡjʊlɪt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ungulate is an adjective meaning Having hooves.
Meaning
Having hooves.
More Meanings
- Shaped like a hoof.
- An ungulate animal; a hooved mammal of the clade Euungulata.
- (especially) A member of the now obsolete clade Ungulata.
Example Sentences
The majority of large land mammals are ungulates.
[…] areolet of only moderate size; first abscissa of the radius slightly more ungulate than in other varieties.
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
Like nearly all the land animals of Jupiter, as I was to learn later, they were ungulate, hoofs evidently being rendered necessary by the considerable areas of hardened lava on the surface of the planet, […]
Word Forms
- ungulates
Synonyms for ungulate
Depending on context, synonyms include hoofed, hooved, ungulated.
Antonyms for ungulate
Common opposites include unguiculate, unguiculated.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hoofed, hooved, ungulated, herbivory, biungulate, multungulate.
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