hoofed

Like a stallion

Hoofed describes animals with hooves—the hard, keratinous coverings on their feet.

Horses, cattle, deer, and pigs are hoofed mammals.

The term appears in biological classification: hoofed animals, hoofed ungulates.

Pronounced as one syllable (HOOFT) or two (HOO-fid).

equine

horse

Domesticated riding animal

  • ponyCompact equine breed
  • stallionIntact male breeding horse
  • mareFemale adult equine

foal · colt · filly · gelding · mustang · thoroughbred · gallop · trot · canter · horseshoe

bovine

cattle

Domesticated bovines kept commercially

  • cowFemale bovine
  • bullSteer before castration
  • steerDirect movement or castrated bull

heifer · calf · ox · bison · buffalo · yak · dairy · beef · grazing · herd

anatomy

fetlock

Horse's rear ankle joint

sole · coronet · cloven · keratin · horseshoe · farrier · laminitis · founder · trimming · shoeing

cervine

deer

Antlered hoofed mammal

  • elkLarge North American cervid
  • mooseLargest cervid, northern forests
  • caribouNorth American arctic deer

reindeer · stag · doe · fawn · antler · velvet · buck · roe · wapiti · muntjac

antelope

gazelle

Swift, slender antelope

  • impalaLeaping African antelope
  • springbokLeaping southern African antelope
  • kuduSpiral-horned African antelope

oryx · eland · wildebeest · hartebeest · dik-dik · sable · pronghorn · klipspringer · bongo · topi

surefooted

ibex

Wild mountain caprine

cliff · rocky · nimble · agile · balance · terrain · crag · ledge · precipice · climbing

swine

pig

Domesticated swine for meat

  • boarUndomesticated male swine
  • hogSwine, or monopolize
  • sowImplant in earth

piglet · warthog · peccary · swine · snout · trotter · tusked · rooting · sty · feral

camelid

camel

Humped desert mammal

  • llamaDomesticated Andean pack animal
  • alpacaFleece-producing Andean camelid
  • dromedarySingle-humped camel species

vicuña · guanaco · hump · padded · desert · caravan · spitting · woolly · Andean

Categories
Opposites
foot structure type

hoofedclawed

Having sharp hooked digits

padded · pawed · webbed · taloned · unhoofed

Phrases
Family

hoof, hoofs, hoofing, hoofprints, hoofbeats, cloven-hoofed, hoofbeat, hoofprint

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