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HOOFED
ungulate, ungulated, hoofed, hooved
(adjective) having or resembling hoofs; “horses and other hoofed animals”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
hoofed (not comparable)
Having a hoof or hooves.
Verb
hoofed
simple past tense and past participle of hoof
Source: Wiktionary
Hoofed, a.
Definition: Furnished with hoofs. Grew.
HOOF
Hoof, n.; pl. Hoofs, very rarely Hooves. Etym: [OE. hof, AS. hof; akin to D. hoef, G1huf, OHG. huof, Icel. hofr, Sw. hof, Dan. hov; cf. Russ. kopuito, Skr. çapha. sq. root225.]
1. The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc. On burnished hooves his war horse trode. Tennyson.
2. A hoofed animal; a beast. Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind. Ex. x. 26.
3. (Geom.)
Definition: See Ungula.
Hoof, v. i.
1. To walk as cattle. [R.] William Scott.
2. To be on a tramp; to foot. [Slang, U.S.] To hoof it, to foot it.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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