unguligrade

Meanings

Adjective

Noun

  • An animal that walks on hooves.

Origin

  • From Late Latin unguligradus, from ungula (from unguis, from Proto-Italic, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ- ("nail")) + gradus (from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- ("to go, to [[walk#Verb")). Compare French ongulograde.

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