Unguligrade
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʌŋˈɡjuːlɪˌɡɹeɪd/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unguligrade is an adjective meaning (zoology) That walks on hooves.
Meaning
(zoology) That walks on hooves.
More Meanings
- (zoology) An animal that walks on hooves.
Example Sentences
A cheetah is a digitigrade and moves faster than a horse, an unguligrade.
Dr. [Philip] Sclater submitted a classification of the Ruminating Artio-dactyls to the Section, in which he separated the Antilocapra from the other Unguligrades.
Unguligrades (L. ungula, hoof) have reduced the number of digits present in their limbs. The unguligrade foot makes contact with the ground at the tips of the most distal digits and hooves have replaced claws. Unguligrades include ungulates such as ruminants, horses and pigs.
That excessive development of the epidermis which gives rise to a nail takes place, in the Horse, not only upon the dorsal surface of the terminal joint of the digit, but upon its ventral surface and sides, and thus produces a hoof. The animal is supported by these greatly-developed nails, and hence is said to be unguligrade.
Word Forms
- unguligrades
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ungulate, ungulated, plantigrade, digitigrade, ungulous, ungulant.
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