hoofed

[ hooft, hooft ]

adjective

1. having hoofs; ungulate.

hoofed

/ huːft /

adjective

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

      cloven-hoofed

      four-hoofed

Other Words From

• un·hoofed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hoofed¹

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

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.

From Popular-Science

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.

From Popular-Science

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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