hoofed mammal

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• hoofed mammal — noun any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically • Syn: ↑ungulate • Derivationally related forms: ↑ungulate (for: ↑ungulate) • Hypernyms: ↑placental …   Useful english dictionary

• mammal — mammallike, adj. /mam euhl/, n. any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg laying monotremes, giving birth to… …   Universalium

• Mammal — For other uses, see Mammal (disambiguation). Mammals Temporal range: Late Triassic – Recent, 220–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

• eutherian mammal — noun mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials • Syn: ↑placental, ↑placental mammal, ↑eutherian • Derivationally related forms: ↑placental (for: ↑placental) …   Useful english dictionary

• placental mammal — noun mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials • Syn: ↑placental, ↑eutherian, ↑eutherian mammal • Derivationally related forms: ↑placental (for: ↑placental) …   Useful english dictionary

• artiodactyl mammal — noun placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot • Syn: ↑even toed ungulate, ↑artiodactyl • Ant: ↑odd toed ungulate (for: ↑even toed ungulate) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• perissodactyl mammal — noun placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot • Syn: ↑odd toed ungulate, ↑perissodactyl • Ant: ↑even toed ungulate (for: ↑odd toed ungulate) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• suid — ▪ hoofed mammal  any member of the family Suidae, hoofed mammals, order Artiodactyla, including the wild and domestic pigs. Suids are stout animals with small eyes and coarse, sometimes sparse, hair. All have muzzles ending in a rounded cartilage …   Universalium

• tylopod — ▪ hoofed mammal       any of the pad footed, even toed, hoofed mammals of the suborder Tylopoda (order Artiodactyla). This group contains three extinct families and one living family, Camelidae (camel), which contains the camels and the lamoids… …   Universalium

• bighorn sheep — ▪ mammal also called  mountain sheep  or  American bighorn sheep    stocky, climbing hoofed mammal of western North America known for its massive curling horns (horn). Bighorns are brown with a white rump patch. Horns are present in both sexes,… …   Universalium

• Japanese deer —       hoofed mammal, a subspecies of sika (q.v.). * * * …   Universalium