hoofed

American

[hooft, hooft] / hʊft, huft /

adjective

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

Other Word Forms

unhoofed

adjective

Etymology

Origin of hoofed

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

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hoofed

Those features led some paleontologists to propose that zhelestids represented an unknown group of hoofed mammals.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

It is a massive, hoofed mammal with a deep chest and pronounced hump at the shoulder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

At one point, seconds from the end, Chadi Riad, the Morocco centre-back, hoofed one out for a corner and screamed blue murder at his midfielders.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

New pig owners learn quickly that mini pigs aren’t hoofed dogs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

There’s more hair along the things elongated neck, and its hoofed feet make a hollow clip-clopping sound in the packed dirt as it walks down the road toward us.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

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