ungulate

Speech parts

1. ungulate - Noun

2. ungulate - Adjective

Meaning

Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1.

Any hoofed quadruped; one of the Ungulata.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hoofed ungulated hooved buffalo antelope hippopotamus horse cow deer pig elephant rhinoceros okapi cannibal cattle
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Antonyms

unguiculate clawed unguiculated Renaissance woman sly fox clawlike
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Hypernyms

placental eutherian placental mammal eutherian mammal

Hyponyms

hunter bison horse sheep cow deer

Phrases with the word

paridigitale ungulate wild ungulate african ungulate even-toed ungulate species

Examples

horses and other hoofed animals Source: Internet

By the age of four to six weeks, when their milk teeth are fully functional, the pups are given small food items such as mice, rabbits, or pieces of ungulate carcasses, with lactation steadily decreasing after two months. Source: Internet

Furthermore, as a whole, azhdarchid front limbs were proportioned similarly to fast-running ungulate mammals. Source: Internet

However, passed through the now following faunal groups of animals in the ancient settlement areas of odd-toed ungulates, such as the mammoths, whose competition also led to the extinction of some odd-toed ungulate lines. Source: Internet

The aquatic Cetaceans evolved from even-toed ungulate ancestors, and modern taxonomic classification therefore subsumes Artiodactyla and Cetacea into Cetiartiodactyla. Source: Internet

The decline in North American wolf populations was reversed from the 1930s to the early 1950s, particularly in southwestern Canada, because of expanding ungulate populations resulting from improved regulation of big game hunting. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ungula ungulant ungular ungulated unguled unguligrade