ungulate Englisch Deutsch:
ungulate Definition:
- Ungulates are any members of a diverse clade of primarily large mammals that includes odd-toed ungulates such as horses and rhinoceroses, and even-toed ungulates such as cattle, pigs, giraffes, camels, deer, and hippopotamuses. Most terrestrial ungulates use the tips of their toes, usually hoofed, to sustain their whole body weight while moving. The term means, roughly, "being hoofed" or "hoofed animal". As a descriptive term, "ungulate" normally excludes cetaceans , as they do not possess most of the typical morphological characteristics of ungulates, but recent discoveries indicate that they are descended from early artiodactyls. Ungulates are typically herbivorous , and many employ specialized gut bacteria to allow them to digest cellulose, as in the case of ruminants. They inhabit a wide range of habitats, from jungles, plains and rivers.
| Ungulate (a.) Shaped like a hoof. |
| Ungulate (a.) Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1. |
| Ungulate (n.) Any hoofed quadruped |
| ungulate / hoofed mammal any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically |
| odd-toed ungulate / perissodactyl / perissodactyl mammal placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot |
| even-toed ungulate / artiodactyl / artiodactyl mammal placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot |
| ungulate / ungulated / hoofed / hooved having or resembling hoofs, "horses and other hoofed animals" |
ungulate Synonyme:
| ungulate amphibian aquatic asinine biped bovid bovine canine cannibal caprid caprine carnivore clawed cosmopolite cowish cowlike deerlike equestrian equine feline footed gnawer goatish goatlike herbivore hircine hoggish hoofed horsy insectivore invertebrate mammal mammalian marsupial marsupialian mulish omnivore ovine pedal piggish plantar primate quadruped reptile rodent ruminant scavenger sheepish sheeplike swinish taloned toed varmint vermin vertebrate |