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Webster 1913 Edition
Ungulata
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Unˊgu-la′ta
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. L.
ungula
hoof.] (Zool.)
An extensive group of mammals including all those that have hoofs. It comprises the Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla.
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Ungulata
Ungulata
See also: ungulata
Translingual
Proper noun
Ungulata
- (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the superorder Laurasiatheria – a polyphyletic form taxon, which included hoofed animals.
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Hyponyms
- (order): Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates); Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates); Tubulidentata (aardvarks); Hyracoidea (hyraxes); Sirenia (dugongs and manatees), Proboscidea (elephants) - orders of former members of Ungulata.