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ungulate

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un⋅gu⋅late

  [uhng-gyuh-lit, -leyt]
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–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
4. a hoofed mammal.
Origin:
1795–1805; < LL ungulātus having claws or hoofs. See ungula, -ate 1
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un·gu·late   (ŭng'gyə-lĭt, -lāt')   
adj.  

    1. Having hooves.

    2. Resembling hooves; hooflike.

  2. Of or belonging to the former order Ungulata, now divided into the orders Perissodactyla and Artiodactyla and composed of the hoofed mammals such as horses, cattle, deer, swine, and elephants.

n.  An ungulate mammal.

[Latin ungulātus, from ungula, hoof, diminutive of unguis, nail; see unguis.]
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Word Origin & History

ungulate  (adj.)
"hoofed," 1802, from L.L. ungulatus "hoofed," from ungula "hoof, claw, talon," dim. (in form but not sense) of unguis "nail" (see ungual). Ungulata, the order of hoofed mammals, is recorded from 1839.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1un·gu·late
Pronunciation: '&[ng]-gy&-l&t, '&n-, -"lAt
Function: adjective
1 : having hooves
2 : of or relating to the ungulates

Main Entry: 2ungulate
Function: noun
: a hoofed typically herbivorous quadruped mammal (as a ruminant, swine, camel, hippopotamus, horse, tapir, rhinoceros,elephant, or hyrax) of a polyphyletic group formerly considered a major mammalian taxon (Ungulata)
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Science Dictionary
ungulate   (ŭng'gyə-lĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
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). See more at artiodactyl, perissodactyl.
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