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hoofed

American  
[hooft, hooft] / hʊft, huft /

adjective

  1. having hoofs; ungulate.


hoofed British  
/ huːft /

adjective

    1. having a hoof or hoofs

    2. ( in combination )

      four-hoofed

      cloven-hoofed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of hoofed

First recorded in 1505–15; hoof + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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The sculptures in Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya’s first solo show, “Inside the Bowels of the Hoofed Beast,” look like creatures — or parts of them — almost as much as they do art.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2020

The Houston Zoo’s Hoofed Stock Supervisor John Register said the baby is about 160 pounds and is 6 feet, 3 inches tall.

From Washington Times • Sep. 3, 2015

Write and learn: The donkey has— The donkey is— The donkey likes— Hoofed feet.

From Chambers's Elementary Science Readers Book I by Various

An�telope, the name given to the members of a large family of Ruminant Ungulata or Hoofed Mammalia, closely resembling the Deer in general appearance, but essentially different in nature from the latter animals.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

Anoplothe�rium, an extinct genus of the Ungulata or Hoofed Quadrupeds, forming the type of a distinct family, which were in many respects intermediate between the swine and the true ruminants.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

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