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Anisodactyls :: Anisodactyls (n. pl.) A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc..

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..

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..

Hoofed :: Hoofed (a.) Furnished with hoofs.

Keratogenous :: Keratogenous (a.) Producing horn; as, the keratogenous membrane within the horny hoof of the horse..

Coronet :: Coronet (n.) The upper part of a horse's hoof, where the horn terminates in skin..

Hornfoot :: Hornfoot (a.) Having hoofs; hoofed.

Hoofbound :: Hoofbound (a.) Having a dry and contracted hoof, which occasions pain and lameness..

Unguled :: Unguled (a.) Hoofed, or bearing hoofs; -- used only when these are of a tincture different from the body..

Stopping-out :: Stopping (n.) A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.

Horsenail :: Horsenail (n.) A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail..

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

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..

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..

Multungulate :: Multungulate (a.) Having many hoofs.

Hoof :: Hoof (n.) A hoofed animal; a beast.

Butteris :: Butteris (n.) A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses..

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury.

Bisulcate :: Bisulcate (a.) Cloven; said of a foot or hoof.

Giraffe :: Giraffe (n.) An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs..

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