HOOFED MAMMAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hoofed mammal mean? 

• HOOFED MAMMAL (noun)
  The noun HOOFED MAMMAL has 1 sense:

1. any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically

  Familiarity information: HOOFED MAMMAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOOFED MAMMAL (noun)

Meaning:

Any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

hoofed mammal; ungulate

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)