Definition of hoof

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Hoof (n.) The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc..

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Suburb :: Subungual (a.) Under the nail or hoof.
Coronamen :: Coronamen (n.) The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet.
Horseshoe :: Horseshoe (n.) A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof..
Hornfoot :: Hornfoot (a.) Having hoofs; hoofed.
Unguiculata :: Unguiculata (n. pl.) An extensive division of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals (Ungulata)..
Bisulcate :: Bisulcate (a.) Cloven; said of a foot or hoof.
Unguligrade :: Unguligrade (a.) Having, or walking on, hoofs..
Horsenail :: Horsenail (n.) A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail..
Cloven-hoofed :: Cloven-hoofed (a.) Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox..
Hoof :: Hoof (v. i.) To be on a tramp; to foot.
Exungulate :: Exungulate (v. t.) To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc..
Ungulate :: Ungulate (n.) Any hoofed quadruped; one of the Ungulata.
Pliohippus :: Pliohippus (n.) An extinct genus of horses from the Pliocene deposits. Each foot had a single toe (or hoof), as in the common horse..
Hippocrene :: Hippocrene (n.) A fountain on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration..
Pegasus :: Pegasus (n.) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration..
Coffin :: Coffin (n.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone..
Keratogenous :: Keratogenous (a.) Producing horn; as, the keratogenous membrane within the horny hoof of the horse..
Oxshoe :: Oxshoe (n.) A shoe for oxen, consisting of a flat piece of iron nailed to the hoof..
Behoove :: Behoove (n.) Advantage; behoof.
Ungual :: Ungual (a.) Of or pertaining to a nail, claw, talon, or hoof, or resembling one..
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