ungulate Meaning of "ungulate"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically
  2. (adj) having or resembling hoofs

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Usage(s):

  1. The two had not proceeded far when they came across large indentations in the crust of the rain-sodden earth, plainly the footprints of an odd-toed ungulate mammal.
  2. Robert Trivers once noted that there should exist an ungulate species that bears more does then bucks when resources are scarce.
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