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exungulate

exungulate verb: to pare off (nails, the hoof, flowers etc.).

Verb

exungulate (third-person singular simple present exungulates, present participle exungulating, simple past and past participle exungulated)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To pare off (nails, the hoof, flowers etc.).

Forms of exungulate

third-person singular presentexungulates
present participleexungulating
past participleexungulated
pastexungulated

Origin of exungulate

From Latin exungulare (“to lose the hoof”), from ex (“out”) + ungula. See ungula.

Questions about exungulate

What does exungulate mean?
Exungulate means to pare off (nails, the hoof, flowers etc.).
What part of speech is exungulate?
Exungulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of exungulate?
The past tense of exungulate is exungulated.

Words near exungulate in the dictionary

  1. exundates
  2. exundating
  3. exundation
  4. exundations
  5. exunguiculate
  6. exungulate
  7. exungulated
  8. exungulates
  9. exungulating
  10. exuperance
  11. exuperances

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