ungulate

un·gu·late (

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adj.

a. Having hooves.

b. Resembling hooves; hooflike.

2. Of or belonging to the former order Ungulata, now divided into the orders Perissodactyla and Artiodactyla and composed of the hoofed mammals such as horses, cattle, deer, swine, and elephants.

An ungulate mammal.

[Latin ungultus, from ungula, hoof, diminutive of unguis, nail; see unguis.]

ungulate [ˈʌŋgjʊlɪt -ˌleɪt]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of a large group of mammals all of which have hooves: divided into odd-toed ungulates (see perissodactyl) and even-toed ungulates (see artiodactyl)

[from Late Latin ungulātus having hooves, from ungula]

ungulate (

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A hoofed mammal. Ungulates belong to two orders, Artiodactyla (those having an even number of toes) and Perissodactyla (those having an odd number of toes). See more at artiodactyl perissodactyl

ungulate

a mammal having hoofs, as the cow, horse, etc. — ungulate, adj.

See also: Animals

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	ungulate - any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically hoofed mammal eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials hoof - the foot of an ungulate mammal dinocerate - an extinct ungulate odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal - placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate - placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot cannon, shank - lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals hock-joint, hock - tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
Adj.	1.	ungulate - having or resembling hoofs; "horses and other hoofed animals" hoofed, hooved, ungulated unguiculate, unguiculated - having or resembling claws or nails; "unguiculate animals"; "an unguiculate flower petal"

Translations

ungulate [ˈʌŋgjʊleɪt]

A. ADJ → ungulado

B. N → ungulado m

ungulate

n → Huftier nt, → Ungulat m (spec)

adj mammal → mit Hufen

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Sophie Cousins, senior keeper in the birds section, Jay Haywood, assistant head of ungulates and cats, and Pat Stevens, assistant head of primates, spent a week at the conference in Torquay, organised by the Brit-isand Irish Association of Zoos and Aquaria.

Zoo-keepers of world unite by Birmingham Mail (England)

The owner of the bison in this case plans to euthanize the ungulate, said reports.

Bison gores Canadian man by AFP / AFP American Edition

To date, many efforts have been made to establish ungulate pluripotent embryonic stem cells from early embryos without success," said Dr Lei Xiao, who led the research.

Chinese scientists create stem cells from pigs by Asian News International

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