ungulate

English - Turkish

Definition of ungulate in English Turkish dictionary

toynaklı hayvan

toynaklı

Domuzlar çift toynaklıdır. - Pigs are even-toed ungulates.

Tapirler tek toynaklıdır. - Tapirs are odd-toed ungulates.

toynaklılar familyaslndan bir hayvan

inek veya at gibi toynaklı

(isim) toynaklı hayvan

{s} toynak şeklinde

English - English

Definition of ungulate in English English dictionary

An ungulate animal; a hooved mammal

The majority of large land mammals are ungulates.

Having hooves

{a} shaped like a hoof

any of a number of hoofed mammals superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically

A mammal having hoofs, i e deer, elk, and moose

having or resembling hoofs; "horses and other hoofed animals"

Any hoofed quadruped; one of the Ungulata

any of a number of hoofed mammals superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically having or resembling hoofs; "horses and other hoofed animals

Hoofed animal

Any hoofed mammal

Grazing animal that has hooves (e g cattle, antelope)

The term ungulate is generally used to describe all hoofed mammals It is broadly used as a practical, descriptive name that groups together six taxonomic orders - Tubulidentata, Hyracoidea, Proboscidea, Sirenia, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla Hyracoidea, Proboscidea and Sirenia are often grouped together as paenungulates ("almost ungulates") as their feet have nail-hoofs instead of true hoofs Ungulates have developed hoofs - specialized claws or toenails - as an adaptation for running They are one of the most successful and diverse groups of mammals, having colonized nearly every habitat on all continents except Antarctica and Australia Since the beginning of the 20th century, more new ungulate species have been discovered than any other type of large mammal

Any hoofed, herbivorous, quadruped, placental mammal in three or four orders: Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates (including pigs, camels, deer, and bovines); Perissodactyla, the odd-toed ungulates (including horses, tapirs, and rhinoceroses); Proboscidea (elephants); and, by some authorities, Hyracoidea (see hyrax). There are ten orders of extinct ungulates. The hoof is dermal tissue, comparable to the human fingernail, that extends over the end of a broadened terminal digit. See also ruminant

{s} having hoofs; resembling a hoof

Any hoofed animal

The taxonomic order of mammals with hooves

A mammal with hooves

An animal with hooves (e g deer, bison, bighorn sheep)

Furnished with hoofs

a term that refers to hoofed animals This includes Family Cervidae (deer) and Bovidae (sheep and goats) as well as the pronghorn They typically have antlers or horns and are herbivores

an ungulate animal; a hooved animal

{i} animal which has hoofs, hoofed animal

See the Note under Nail, n

animals which walk on their toes (i e giraffes, horses, cows)

Related Terms

even-toed ungulate

placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot

odd-toed ungulate

placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot

ungulates

plural of ungulate

Hyphenation

un·gu·late

Etymology

[ '&[ng]-gy&-l&t, '& ] (adjective.) 1839. From Latin ungula, hoof.