UNGULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ungulate mean? 

• UNGULATE (noun)
  The noun UNGULATE has 1 sense:

1. any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically

  Familiarity information: UNGULATE used as a noun is very rare.

• UNGULATE (adjective)
  The adjective UNGULATE has 1 sense:

1. having or resembling hoofs

  Familiarity information: UNGULATE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNGULATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

hoofed mammal; ungulate

Hypernyms ("ungulate" is a kind of...):

eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)

Meronyms (parts of "ungulate"):

hoof (the foot of an ungulate mammal)

cannon; shank (lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals)

hock; hock-joint (tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ungulate"):

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)

Derivation:

ungulate (having or resembling hoofs)

• UNGULATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or resembling hoofs

Synonyms:

hoofed; hooved; ungulate; ungulated

Context example:

horses and other hoofed animals

Similar:

solid-hoofed (having solid hooves)

Antonym:

unguiculate (having or resembling claws or nails)

Derivation:

ungulate (any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically)

 Context examples 

The domesticated ungulates, Bos primigenius taurus and Bos primigenius indicus.

(Cow, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Domesticated ungulates that are raised for beef, dairy products, and leather, and used for labor.

(Cow, NCI Thesaurus)

The taxonomic order of mammals that includes odd-toed ungulates such as horses, zebras, tapirs, and rhinoceroses.

(Perissodactyla, NCI Thesaurus)

The taxonomic order of mammals that includes even-toed ungulates such as pigs, cows, goats and sheep.

(Artiodactyla, NCI Thesaurus)