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ungulate

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈʌŋɡjʊlɪt/
  • /ˈʌŋɡjʊleɪt/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having hooves.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Shaped like a hoof.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An ungulate animal; a hooved mammal of the clade Euungulata.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The majority of large land mammals are ungulates.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature

4

noun

Meaning 4

A member of the now obsolete clade Ungulata.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

having or resembling hoofs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • horses and other hoofed animals

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ungulated, hoofed, hooved

Antonyms: unguiculate

6

noun

Meaning 6

any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hoofed mammal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal

Narrower terms: dinocerate, odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal

History

Etymology

From Late Latin ungulātus, from Latin ungula (“hoof”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun was substantivized from the adjective through the associated taxon's name (Ungulata), see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կճղակավոր (kčġakavor) — having hooves
  • Armenian: սմբակավոր (smbakavor) — having hooves
  • Bulgarian: копитен (kopiten) — having hooves
  • Catalan: ungulat — having hooves
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有蹄的 (yǒutí de) — having hooves
  • Danish: behovet — having hooves
  • Dutch: gehoefd — having hooves
  • Finnish: kavio- — having hooves
  • Finnish: sorkka- — having hooves
  • French: ongulé — having hooves
  • Galician: ungulado — having hooves
  • Georgian: ჩლიქოსანი (člikosani) — having hooves
  • German: behuft — having hooves
  • Greek: οπληφόρος (oplifóros) — having hooves
  • Hungarian: patás — having hooves
  • Malay: bertelapuk — having hooves
  • Malay: ungulat — having hooves
  • Polish: kopytny — having hooves
  • Portuguese: ungulado — having hooves
  • Russian: копы́тный (kopýtnyj) — having hooves
  • Spanish: ungulado — having hooves
  • Swahili: -enye kwato — having hooves
  • Swedish: hovförsedd — having hooves
  • Tamil: குளம்பி (kuḷampi) — having hooves
  • Welsh: carnol — having hooves
  • Armenian: կճղակավոր (kčġakavor) — hooved mammal
  • Armenian: սմբակավոր (smbakavor) — hooved mammal
  • Breton: karneg — hooved mammal
  • Bulgarian: копитно (kopitno) — hooved mammal
  • Catalan: ungulat — hooved mammal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有蹄動物 /有蹄动物 (yǒutí dòngwù) — hooved mammal
  • Czech: kopytník — hooved mammal
  • Danish: hovdyr — hooved mammal
  • Danish: ungulat — hooved mammal
  • Dutch: hoefdier — hooved mammal
  • Finnish: sorkka- ja kavioeläin — hooved mammal
  • French: ongulé — hooved mammal
  • Galician: ungulado — hooved mammal
  • Georgian: ჩლიქოსნები (člikosnebi) — hooved mammal
  • German: Huftier — hooved mammal
  • Greek: οπληφόρο (oplifóro) — hooved mammal
  • Hungarian: patás — hooved mammal
  • Italian: ungulato — hooved mammal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hovdyr — hooved mammal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hovdyr — hooved mammal
  • Polish: kopytne — hooved mammal
  • Portuguese: ungulado — hooved mammal
  • Russian: копы́тное живо́тное (kopýtnoje živótnoje) — hooved mammal
  • Russian: копы́тное (kopýtnoje) — hooved mammal
  • Slovene: parkljar — hooved mammal
  • Spanish: ungulado — hooved mammal
  • Swahili: mnyama mwenye kwato — hooved mammal
  • Swedish: hovdjur — hooved mammal
  • Swedish: ungulat — hooved mammal
  • Turkish: toynaklı memeli — hooved mammal
  • Welsh: carnolyn — hooved mammal
  • Yoruba: ẹranko ayasẹ̀ — hooved mammal