ungulate en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
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).
Meanings
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(not-comparable, usually) Having hooves.
Like nearly all the land animals of Jupiter, as I was to learn later, they were ungulate, hoofs evidently being rendered necessary by the considerable areas of hardened lava on the surface of the planet, […]
2012, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Collected John Carter of Mars, volume 3: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 suggested
1866, 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:
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(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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more ungulate | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most ungulate | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Translations (25)
ca ungulat (having hooves) · da behovet (having hooves) · cy carnol (having hooves) · cmn 有蹄的 (having hooves) · sv hovförsedd (having hooves) · gl ungulado (having hooves) · ru копы́тный (having hooves) · fi sorkka- (having hooves) · pt ungulado (having hooves) · ka ჩლიქოსანი (having hooves) · hy կճղակավոր (having hooves) · ta குளம்பி (having hooves) · el οπληφόρος (having hooves) · sw -enye kwato (having hooves) · es ungulado (having hooves) · fi kavio- (having hooves) · hy սմբակավոր (having hooves) · ms ungulat (having hooves) · ms bertelapuk (having hooves) · bg копитен (having hooves) · fr ongulé (having hooves) · nl gehoefd (having hooves) · pl kopytny (having hooves) · de behuft (having hooves) · hu patás (having hooves)