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Meaning of UNGULATA

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  in former classifications a major division of Mammalia comprising all hoofed mammals; now divided into the orders Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) and Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
 

UNGULATA is a 8 letter word that starts with U.

 

 See Also: class Mammalia, Dinocerata, eutherian, eutherian mammal, Mammalia, order Dinocerata, placental, placental mammal

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Un`gu*la"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. ungula hoof.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An extensive group of mammals including all those that have
hoofs. It comprises the Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla.

 

 

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