Definition of ungulate
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: having hooves
ungulate mammals
2
: of, relating to, or affecting ungulates
ungulate diseases
ungulate
nounDefinition of ungulate (Entry 2 of 2)
: a hoofed typically herbivorous quadruped mammal (such as a pig, cow, deer, horse, elephant, or rhinoceros) of a group formerly considered a major mammalian taxon (Ungulata) — see artiodactyl, perissodactyl
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The first known use of ungulate was in 1839
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