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hoofed

[ hooft, hooft ]

adjective

  1. having hoofs; ungulate.


hoofed

/ huːft /

adjective

    1. having a hoof or hoofs
    2. ( in combination )

      cloven-hoofed

      four-hoofed

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • un·hoofed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hoofed1

First recorded in 1505–15; hoof + -ed 3
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Example Sentences

The frog’s most distinctive feature is a long, protruding snout resembling that of a tapir, a pig-like, hoofed mammal with a distinct trunk.

This background information makes it all the more impressive for the security forces airmen who had to somehow convince this massive ungulate—a hoofed mammal—to clear the road.

There is a much greater number of cloven-footed than whole-hoofed animals.

Maruts on your strong-hoofed, never-wearying steeds go after those bright ones, which are still locked up.

There are breeds of solid-hoofed swine in some parts of England.

The large hoofed horse came from a small five-toed animal, not much larger than a rabbit.

With its many-hoofed clatter it was a battalion of police clearing the way for the flower procession.

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