ungulate
Meanings
adj
- Having hooves.
- Shaped like a hoof.
noun
- An ungulate animal; a hooved mammal of the clade Euungulata.
- A member of the now obsolete clade Ungulata.
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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).
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