Definition of hoof

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Hoof (n.) The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc..

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Unguis :: Unguis (n.) The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage..
Behoof :: Behoof (v. t.) Advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use.
Toe :: Toe (n.) The fore part of the hoof or foot of an animal.
Miohippus :: Miohippus (n.) An extinct Miocene mammal of the Horse family, closely related to the genus Anhithecrium, and having three usable hoofs on each foot..
Unguligrade :: Unguligrade (a.) Having, or walking on, hoofs..
Hipparion :: Hipparion (n.) An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family..
Unguled :: Unguled (a.) Hoofed, or bearing hoofs; -- used only when these are of a tincture different from the body..
Tunhoof :: Tunhoof (n.) Ground ivy; alehoof.
Ungulate :: Ungulate (n.) Any hoofed quadruped; one of the Ungulata.
Dewclaw :: Dewclaw (n.) In any animal, esp. of the Herbivora, a rudimentary claw or small hoof not reaching the ground..
Whitlow :: Whitlow (a.) An inflammatory disease of the feet. It occurs round the hoof, where an acrid matter is collected..
Exungulate :: Exungulate (v. t.) To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc..
Keratogenous :: Keratogenous (a.) Producing horn; as, the keratogenous membrane within the horny hoof of the horse..
Alehoof :: Alehoof (n.) Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).
Unguiculata :: Unguiculata (n. pl.) An extensive division of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals (Ungulata)..
Coronet :: Coronet (n.) The upper part of a horse's hoof, where the horn terminates in skin..
Ungulate :: Ungulate (a.) Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1..
Hoof :: Hoof (v. i.) To be on a tramp; to foot.
Incastelled :: Incastelled (a.) Hoofbound.
Hoofs :: Hoofs (pl. ) of Hoo.
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