Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hoofed mammal, such as a horse, pig, deer, buffalo, or antelope, belonging to the former order Ungulata, now divided into several orders including Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Shaped or formed into a hoof; hoof-like; ungulous.
- Hoofed, as a quadruped, like the horse, ox, etc.; belonging to the Ungulata. See
bisulcate , multungulate, solidungulate, subungulate. - noun An ungulate or hoofed quadruped.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Shaped like a hoof.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under
Nail , n., 1. - noun (Zoöl.) Any hoofed quadruped; one of the Ungulata.
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- adjective Having
hooves . - noun An ungulate animal; a
hooved mammal .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically
- adjective having or resembling hoofs
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the first place, tranquilizing a large ungulate is not like playing Whack-a-Mole.
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But hunters should get over such squeamishness: Venison tongue, like that of any ungulate, is a lean, boneless muscle that's packed with protein, sublime texture, and great meaty flavor.
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For example, the word behemah always refers to an ungulate hoofed animal and is rendered cattle in most translations.
The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001
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For example, the word behemah always refers to an ungulate hoofed animal and is rendered cattle in most translations.
The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001
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He had three plants in plastic bags, a holo of some kind of ungulate, and a whole pocketful of rocks.
Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994
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The study, analysed by researchers at the Nairobi-based International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and led and funded by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), is based on rigorous, monthly monitoring between 1989 and 2003 of seven "ungulate," or hoofed, species in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, which covers some 1500 square kilometers in southwestern Kenya.
innovations-report 2009
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The study, analysed by researchers at the Nairobi-based International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and led and funded by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), is based on rigorous, monthly monitoring between 1989 and 2003 of seven "ungulate," or hoofed, species in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, which covers some 1500 square kilometers in southwestern Kenya.
innovations-report 2009
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Given that cheese can be described as the rotted bodily fluid of an ungulate, that's not far off.
You Eat That? Rachel Herz 2012
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Not if you take a moment to reflect about it the next time you order a burger topped off with rotted ungulate bodily fluid.
You Eat That? Rachel Herz 2012
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How can the glandular secretions from a single ungulate arrive in so many different types of packaging?
Milk jugs - glass, plastic and paperboard - have different environmental impacts 2011
reesetee commented on the word ungulate
Also hoof-like (adjective).
November 14, 2007
skipvia commented on the word ungulate
Seeing undulant immediately reminded me of this word, possibly because I was watching a moose cross my driveway just a few minutes ago... See Free Association.
February 12, 2008
reesetee commented on the word ungulate
A moose crossed your driveway? I'm jealous. All we get here are stray cats.
February 12, 2008
skipvia commented on the word ungulate
He was eating the scrub willow down by the road. On the drive home from Anchorage last night, we had to stop for a herd of caribou crossing the road.
February 12, 2008
reesetee commented on the word ungulate
Aw, maaaaan. Skipvia, I'm green with envy. Such fabulous wildlife you have!
February 12, 2008