ungulate

[ uhng-gyuh-lit, -leyt ]

adjective

1. having hoofs.
2. belonging or pertaining to the Ungulata, a former order of all hoofed mammals, now divided into the odd-toed perissodactyls and even-toed artiodactyls.
3. hooflike.

noun

1. a hoofed mammal.

ungulate

/ -ˌleɪt; ˈʌŋɡjʊlɪt /

noun

1. any of a large group of mammals all of which have hooves: divided into odd-toed ungulates (perissodactyls) and even-toed ungulates (artiodactyls) See perissodactyl artiodactyl

ungulate

/ ŭng′gyə-lĭt /

1. A hoofed mammal. Ungulates belong to two orders, Artiodactyla (those having an even number of toes) and Perissodactyla (those having an odd number of toes).
2. See more at artiodactyl

Other Words From

• inter·ungu·late adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ungulate¹

First recorded in 1795–1805, ungulate is from the Late Latin word ungulātus having claws or hoofs. See ungula, -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of ungulate¹

C19: from Late Latin ungulātus having hooves, from ungula

Example Sentences

They are both femura, one probably that of an ungulate; the other of a carnivore.

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This species is the most conspicuous (and possibly the most abundant) ungulate in Harding County.

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The only skull of a fossil lemuroid which he described (namely, Adapis) he declared to be that of an ungulate.

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The pileus is pulvinate-ungulate, much dilated, deeply sulcate; cinnamon, then brown or blackish; very much cracked or rimose.

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Quadrupeds he was the first to divide into ungulate and unguiculate, hoofed and clawed, having himself invented the Latin words.

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