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Unguiculata :: Unguiculata (n. pl.) An extensive division of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals (Ungulata)..

Dewclaw :: Dewclaw (n.) In any animal, esp. of the Herbivora, a rudimentary claw or small hoof not reaching the ground..

Cloven-hoofed :: Cloven-hoofed (a.) Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox..

Whole-hoofed :: Whole-hoofed (a.) Having an undivided hoof, as the horse..

Exungulate :: Exungulate (v. t.) To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc..

Hoofs :: Hoofs (pl. ) of Hoo.

Bisulcate :: Bisulcate (a.) Cloven; said of a foot or hoof.

Stopping-out :: Stopping (n.) A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.

Podophyllous :: Podophyllous (a.) Pertaining to, or composing, the layer of tissue, made up of laminae, beneath a horse's hoof..

Hoofed :: Hoofed (a.) Furnished with hoofs.

Soliped :: Soliped (n.) A mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and asses; a solidungulate..

Quarter :: Quarter (n.) That part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin..

Fetlock :: Fetlock (n.) The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair..

Unguled :: Unguled (a.) Hoofed, or bearing hoofs; -- used only when these are of a tincture different from the body..

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

Clip :: Clip (n.) A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak..

Horn :: Horn (n.) The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn..

Hoof :: Hoof (v. i.) To be on a tramp; to foot.

Unguligrade :: Unguligrade (a.) Having, or walking on, hoofs..

Hoof :: Hoof (v. i.) To walk as cattle.

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