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HOOFED MAMMAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically
Synonyms:
hoofed mammal; ungulate
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hoofed mammal" is a kind of...):
eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)
Meronyms (parts of "hoofed mammal"):
hoof (the foot of an ungulate mammal)
cannon; shank (lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals)
hock; hock-joint (tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hoofed mammal"):
dinocerate (an extinct ungulate)
odd-toed ungulate; perissodactyl; perissodactyl mammal (placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot)
artiodactyl; artiodactyl mammal; even-toed ungulate (placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot)