: furnished with hooves : ungulate
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Birds are now known to be dinosaurs, for example, whales are technically hoofed mammals called artiodactyls, and, thanks to a 2023 study in Molecular Biology and Evolution, insects have been shifted into the same group as shrimp and crabs called pancrustacea.
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Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
The American pronghorn is a hoofed mammal native to North America.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2023
Eventually, Charlie separates from his hoofed friend at the end of the clip and walks to another window.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 26 Jan. 2022
These goats are hoofed professionals—in the business of helping cities and towns (or anyone with some acreage in the weeds) maintain their land.
—Camille Sauers, Chron, 30 Sep. 2021
Although horses sometimes pass through the reserve, towing supplies to local farmers, the solitary panda does not interact with these hoofed animals in the wild.
—Lucy Hicks, Science | AAAS, 7 Dec. 2020
Then, at the end of the 20th century, a wealth of fossil finds provided a detailed outline of how hoofed land mammals became the sea’s largest swimmers.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2020
Wild horses, bison and other big-hoofed animals once roamed freely in much of Europe.
—Karel Janicek, Star Tribune, 8 Aug. 2020
Wild horses, bison, and other big-hoofed animals once roamed freely in much of Europe.
—Karel Janicek, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2020
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Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
The American pronghorn is a hoofed mammal native to North America.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2023
Eventually, Charlie separates from his hoofed friend at the end of the clip and walks to another window.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 26 Jan. 2022
These goats are hoofed professionals—in the business of helping cities and towns (or anyone with some acreage in the weeds) maintain their land.
—Camille Sauers, Chron, 30 Sep. 2021
Although horses sometimes pass through the reserve, towing supplies to local farmers, the solitary panda does not interact with these hoofed animals in the wild.
—Lucy Hicks, Science | AAAS, 7 Dec. 2020
Then, at the end of the 20th century, a wealth of fossil finds provided a detailed outline of how hoofed land mammals became the sea’s largest swimmers.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2020
Wild horses, bison and other big-hoofed animals once roamed freely in much of Europe.
—Karel Janicek, Star Tribune, 8 Aug. 2020
Wild horses, bison, and other big-hoofed animals once roamed freely in much of Europe.
—Karel Janicek, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2020
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“Hoofed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoofed. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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