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

Coronamen :: Coronamen (n.) The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet.

Toe :: Toe (n.) The fore part of the hoof or foot of an animal.

Oxshoe :: Oxshoe (n.) A shoe for oxen, consisting of a flat piece of iron nailed to the hoof..

Tunhoof :: Tunhoof (n.) Ground ivy; alehoof.

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..

Camel :: Camel (n.) A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one bunch on the back, while the Bactrian camel (C. Bactrianus) has two. The llama, alpaca, and vicu–a, of South America, belong to a related genus (Auchenia)..

Pare :: Pare (v. t.) To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof..

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..

Panton :: Panton (n.) A horseshoe to correct a narrow, hoofbound heel..

Whole-hoofed :: Whole-hoofed (a.) Having an undivided hoof, as the horse..

Unguis :: Unguis (n.) The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage..

Coffin :: Coffin (n.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone..

Ungual :: Ungual (a.) Of or pertaining to a nail, claw, talon, or hoof, or resembling one..

Fourchette :: Fourchette (n.) The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.

Alehoof :: Alehoof (n.) Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).

Frog :: Frog (n.) The triangular prominence of the hoof, in the middle of the sole of the foot of the horse, and other animals; the fourchette..

Hipparion :: Hipparion (n.) An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family..

Dewclaw :: Dewclaw (n.) In any animal, esp. of the Herbivora, a rudimentary claw or small hoof not reaching the ground..

Ungula :: Ungula (n.) A hoof, claw, or talon..

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