ungulate

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈʌŋɡjʊlɪt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ung′gyə lit, -lāt′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
un•gu•late  (ung′gyə lit, -lāt′),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Zoologyhaving hoofs.
  2. Zoology, Biologybelonging 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.

n. 
  1. Zoologya hoofed mammal.
  • Late Latin ungulātus having claws or hoofs. See ungula, -ate1
  • 1795–1805

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ungulate / ˈʌŋɡjʊlɪt -ˌleɪt/
  1. any of a large group of mammals all of which have hooves: divided into odd-toed ungulates (perissodactyls) and even-toed ungulates (artiodactyls)
    See perissodactyl, artiodactyl
Etymology: 19th Century: from Late Latin ungulātus having hooves, from ungula
'ungulate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
amblypod - artiodactyl - condylarth - flehmen - hoof - hoofed - horn - notungulate - solidungulate

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