hooved vs ungulate what difference

what is difference between hooved and ungulate

English

Etymology

From Middle English hoved, hovyde, from Old English ġehōfod (“hoofed, hooved”), equivalent to hoof +‎ -ed.

Adjective

hooved (not comparable)

1. (Britain) Alternative form of hoofed

English

Etymology

From Late Latin ungulātus, from Latin ungula (“hoof”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌŋɡjələt/, /ˈʌŋɡjəleɪt/

Adjective

ungulate (not generally comparable, comparative more ungulate, superlative most ungulate)

1. Having hooves.
   • 1866, Andrew Murray, The geographical distribution of mammals, page 242:

   • 1893, in The American naturalist, volume 27, page 126 [1]:

   • 2012, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Collected John Carter of Mars, volume 3:

2. Shaped like a hoof.
   • 1922, in Indiana University studies, volume 9, page 68 [2]:

Translations

Noun

ungulate (plural ungulates)

1. An ungulate animal; a hooved mammal.

Translations

Related terms

• biungulate
• unguiculate
• unguligrade

Further reading

• ungulate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Adjective

ungulate

1. feminine plural of ungulato

Latin

Adjective

ungulāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ungulātus

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