UNGULATE


Meaning of UNGULATE in English

I. ˈəŋ-gyə-lət, ˈən-, -ˌlāt adjective

Etymology: Late Latin ungulatus, from Latin ungula hoof, from unguis nail, hoof

Date: 1839

1. : having hooves

2. : of or relating to the ungulates

II. noun

Etymology: New Latin Ungulata, from Late Latin, neuter plural of ungulatus

Date: circa 1842

: a hoofed typically herbivorous quadruped mammal (as an artiodactyl or a perissodactyl) of a group formerly considered a major mammalian taxon (Ungulata)

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