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ungulate

/ˈʌŋɡjʊlɪt/

ungulate adjective: having hooves.

Adjective

ungulate (not generally comparable, comparative more ungulate, superlative most ungulate)

  1. (not comparable, usually) Having hooves.
    • When Owen wrote his description there was no evidence to determine the character of the extremities, whether they were ungulate, unguiculate, or pinnate, while the structure of the nostrils suggested1866, Andrew Murray, The geographical distribution of mammals, page 242
    • Unlike the serial manus and pes of the edentata the carpus and tarsus are here diplarthrous in structure or displaced upon each other. While the Condylarthra are ungulate with an unguiculate carpus and tarsus, […]1893, The American naturalist, volume 27, page 126
  2. (not comparable, usually) Shaped like a hoof.
    • […] areolet of only moderate size; first abscissa of the radius slightly more ungulate than in other varieties.1922, Indiana University studies, volume 9, page 68

Noun

ungulate (plural ungulates)

  1. An ungulate animal; a hooved mammal of the clade Euungulata.
    • The majority of large land mammals are ungulates.
  2. (especially) A member of the now obsolete clade Ungulata.

ungulate meaning in Tamil, Sinhala and Malay

ungulate in Tamil

having hooves
குளம்பி kuḷampi

ungulate in Sinhala

කුර සහිත, කුර හැඩැති

ungulate in Malay

having hooves
bertelapuk, ungulat

Forms of ungulate

Adjective
comparativemore ungulate
superlativemost ungulate
Noun
pluralungulates

Origin of ungulate

From Late Latin ungulātus, from Latin ungula (“hoof”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun was substantivized from the adjective through the associated taxon's name (Ungulata), see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Words formed from ungulate

Questions about ungulate

What does ungulate mean?
Ungulate means having hooves.
What is ungulate in Tamil?
Ungulate in Tamil is குளம்பி (kuḷampi). See Ungulate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ungulate?
Ungulate can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce ungulate?
Ungulate is pronounced /ˈʌŋɡjʊlɪt/.

Words near ungulate in the dictionary

  1. ungula
  2. ungulae
  3. ungulant
  4. ungulants
  5. ungular
  6. ungulate
  7. ungulated
  8. ungulates
  9. unguled
  10. unguligrade
  11. unguligrades

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