Definition of ungula

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Ungula (n.) A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; -- so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse..

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Ungulate :: Ungulate (n.) Any hoofed quadruped; one of the Ungulata.
Tylopoda :: Tylopoda (n. pl.) A tribe of ungulates comprising the camels.
Ungula :: Ungula (n.) A hoof, claw, or talon..
Uintatherium :: Uintatherium (n.) An extinct genus of large Eocene ungulates allied to Dinoceras. This name is sometimes used for nearly all the known species of the group. See Dinoceras.
Hoof :: Hoof (n.) See Ungula.
Exungulate :: Exungulate (v. t.) To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc..
Ungular :: Ungular (a.) Of or pertaining to a hoof, claw, or talon; ungual..
Omnivora :: Omnivora (n. pl.) A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the hippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and to certain passerine birds..
Solidungular :: Solidungular (a.) Solipedous.
Ungula :: Ungula (n.) A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; -- so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse..
Solidungula :: Solidungula (n. pl.) A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and related species, constituting the family Equidae..
Herbivora :: Herbivora (n. pl.) An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation..
Ungula :: Ungula (n.) Same as Unguis, 3..
Exungulated :: Exungulated (imp. & p. p.) of Exungulat.
Artiodactyla :: Artiodactyla (n. pl.) One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla..
Solidungulate :: Solidungulate (n.) Same as Soliped.
Interungulate :: Interungulate (a.) Between ungulae; as, interungular glands..
Ungulate :: Ungulate (a.) Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1..
Ungulae :: Ungulae (pl. ) of Ungul.
Anoplotherium :: Anoplotherium (n.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name)..
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