hoofed mammal

Questions about hoofed mammal

What does hoofed mammal mean?

hoofed mammal means "any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically".

What is another word for hoofed mammal?

Close synonyms include ungulate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hoofed mammal a common word?

hoofed mammal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.