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ungulous

ungulous is the archaic form of ungulate.

Meaning of ungulate

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
  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

See all 4 meanings of ungulate

Forms of ungulous

comparativemore ungulous
superlativemost ungulous

Origin of ungulous

From ungula + -ous.

Questions about ungulous

What is ungulous the archaic form of?
Ungulous is the archaic form of ungulate.

Words near ungulous in the dictionary

  1. unguligrades
  2. unguligrady
  3. ungulinid
  4. ungulinids
  5. ungulled
  6. ungulous
  7. ungulped
  8. ungum
  9. ungummed
  10. ungumming
  11. ungummy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ungulous (page history and authors); ungulate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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