hoofed

American  

[hooft, hooft] / hʊft, huft /

adjective

1. having hoofs; ungulate.

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hoofed British  

/ huːft /

adjective

1. 1. having a hoof or hoofs

   2. ( in combination )

      four-hoofed

      cloven-hoofed

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Other Word Forms

• unhoofed adjective

Etymology

Origin of hoofed

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

Example Sentences

There were radiations of hoofed mammals; of primates including our ancestors; of whales and dolphins; of the all-time biggest sharks.

From Salon

During the Pleistocene, Toxodon may have been the most common hoofed mammal in South America, and Darwin was “deeply astonished” at the disappearance of such “great monsters.”

From Salon

There are about 170 modern ruminant hoofed mammal species with headgear, and many more in the fossil record.

From Science Daily

Pia Anderwald, a researcher with the Swiss National Park in Zernez, Switzerland, who studies antelope-like chamois and other hoofed Alpine mammals, was not surprised by the number of goat avalanche deaths in the study.

From New York Times

The furred and the hoofed, the feathered and the chaotically tentacled roam, slither and sometimes howl in “The Animal Kingdom,” an amusing what-if French fantasy with a touch of comedy and some glints of horror.

From New York Times