Definitions for ungulate

ungulate un·gu·late

Spelling: [uhng-gyuh-lit, -leyt]
IPA: /ˈʌŋ gyə lɪt, -ˌleɪt/

Ungulate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 220 anagrams from letters in ungulate (aeglntuu).

Definitions for ungulate

noun

  1. a hoofed mammal.

adjective

  1. having hoofs.
  2. belonging or pertaining to the Ungulata, a former order of all hoofed mammals, now divided into the odd-toed perissodactyls and even-toed artiodactyls.
  3. hooflike.

Origin of ungulate

First recorded in 1795-1805, ungulate is from the Late Latin word ungulātus having claws or hoofs. See ungula, -ate<

Examples for ungulate

They are described as combining the head and claws of a bear with the teeth of a rodent and the general characters of an ungulate.

An ungulate is essentially a running animal, and has no need of a grasping finger.

The existence of the three horns covered with unaltered skin is the main characteristic of this ungulate.

They are both femura, one probably that of an ungulate; the other of a carnivore.

But this suggestion of an ungulate affinity can hardly be accepted.

No one will deny that the Hipparion is intermediate between the existing horse and certain other ungulate forms.

Their structure proclaims these two divisions to be of ancient descent, and not to be modern twigs of the ungulate stem.

The humerus resembles that of a Carnivore rather than that of an ungulate.

Quadrupeds he was the first to divide into ungulate and unguiculate, hoofed and clawed, having himself invented the Latin words.

This species is the most conspicuous (and possibly the most abundant) ungulate in Harding County.

Word Value for ungulate
Scrable

9

Words with friends

14

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