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UNGULATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically

Synonyms:

hoofed mammal; ungulate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("ungulate" is a kind of...):

eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)

Meronyms (parts of "ungulate"):

hoof (the foot of an ungulate mammal)

cannon; shank (lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals)

hock; hock-joint (tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ungulate"):

dinocerate (an extinct ungulate)

odd-toed ungulate; perissodactyl; perissodactyl mammal (placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot)

artiodactyl; artiodactyl mammal; even-toed ungulate (placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot)

Derivation:

ungulate (having or resembling hoofs)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or resembling hoofs

Example:

horses and other hoofed animals

Synonyms:

hoofed; hooved; ungulate; ungulated

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

solid-hoofed (having solid hooves)

Antonym:

unguiculate (having or resembling claws or nails)

Derivation:

ungulate (any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically)

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