Definition of ungula

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Ungula (n.) A hoof, claw, or talon..

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Exungulate :: Exungulate (v. t.) To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc..
Interungular :: Interungular (a.) Alt. of Interungulat.
Exungulated :: Exungulated (imp. & p. p.) of Exungulat.
Solidungulate :: Solidungulate (n.) Same as Soliped.
Herbivora :: Herbivora (n. pl.) An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation..
Unguiculata :: Unguiculata (n. pl.) An extensive division of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals (Ungulata)..
Ungulate :: Ungulate (a.) Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1..
Tapir :: Tapir (n.) Any one of several species of large odd-toed ungulates belonging to Tapirus, Elasmognathus, and allied genera. They have a long prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and stout legs, a short, thick tail, and short, close hair. They have three toes on the hind feet, and four toes on the fore feet, but the outermost toe is of little use..
Unguis :: Unguis (n.) The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; called also ungula.
Omnivora :: Omnivora (n. pl.) A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the hippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and to certain passerine birds..
Toxodonta :: Toxodonta (n.pl.) An extinct order of Mammalia found in the South American Tertiary formation. The incisor teeth were long and curved and provided with a persistent pulp. They are supposed to be related both to the rodents and ungulates. Called also Toxodontia.
Ungula :: Ungula (n.) A hoof, claw, or talon..
Ungulae :: Ungulae (pl. ) of Ungul.
Hoof :: Hoof (n.) See Ungula.
Ungulous :: Ungulous (a.) Same as Ungulate.
Anoplotherium :: Anoplotherium (n.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name)..
Ungula :: Ungula (n.) A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; -- so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse..
Uintatherium :: Uintatherium (n.) An extinct genus of large Eocene ungulates allied to Dinoceras. This name is sometimes used for nearly all the known species of the group. See Dinoceras.
Ungular :: Ungular (a.) Of or pertaining to a hoof, claw, or talon; ungual..
Solidungular :: Solidungular (a.) Solipedous.
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