hoofless

Without hard feet

Hoofless means lacking hooves—the hard keratin coverings on the feet of horses, cattle, deer, and similar animals.

The word appears mostly in biological or veterinary contexts to describe animals or conditions where hooves are absent: The mutation produced hoofless calves.

vulnerability

exposed

Out in open

delicate · susceptible · barefoot · unshod · unarmored · sensitive · fragile

ungulate-contrast

deer

Antlered hoofed mammal

  • horseDomesticated riding animal
  • cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
  • pigDomesticated swine for meat

sheep · goat · antelope · zebra · giraffe · rhinoceros · hippopotamus · tapir · camel · llama

anatomy

paws

Animal feet

  • clawsAnimal gripping nails
  • padsCushioned protective layers
  • finsSwimming appendages

flippers · tentacles · webbed feet · talons · nails · digits · toes · fingers · soles · footpads

mammals

primates

Order of higher mammals

bears · rabbits · bats · marsupials · seals · whales · dolphins · otters · weasels · badgers

Opposites
hoof possession

hooflesshoofed

Having hard feet

hooved · ungulate · cloven-hoofed · cloven-footed · shod

Family

hoof, hooves, hoofing, hoofed, hooved, cloven-hoofed, hooflike, cloven hooves

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