ungulate
English
WOTD – 12 April 2012
Etymology
From Late Latin ungulātus, from Latin ungula (“hoof”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʌŋɡjələt/, /ˈʌŋɡjəleɪt/
Adjective
ungulate (not generally comparable, comparative more ungulate, superlative most ungulate)
- Having hooves.
- 1866, Andrew Murray, The geographical distribution of mammals, page 242:
- 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
- 1893, in The American naturalist, volume 27, page 126 :
- 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, […]
- 2012, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Collected John Carter of Mars, volume 3:
- 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, […]
- 1866, Andrew Murray, The geographical distribution of mammals, page 242:
- Shaped like a hoof.
Translations
having hooves
Noun
ungulate (plural ungulates)
Translations
hooved mammal
|
|
Related terms
Italian
Latin
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.