单词 | multungulate |
释义 | † multungulaten.adj. Zoology. Obsolete. A. n. A hoofed animal with more than two toes on each foot. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) > [noun] > with hoof in more than two parts multungulate1841 1841 R. Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 237/1 Aristotle divides them [sc. ungulates] into, 1st, Polyschidæ, or multungulates..2d, the Dischidæ, or bisulcates,..3d, the Aschidæ, or solidungulate quadrupeds. 1874 Amer. Cycl. VIII. 678/2 Herbivora... Owen divides them into:..multungulates, three or five-toed, like the tapir, rhinoceros, and palæotherium. B. adj. Designating a hoofed animal with more than two toes on each foot. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) > [adjective] > having more than two parts to hoof multungulate1842 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 778/2 Multungulate..when a quadruped has the hoof divided into more than two parts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1841 |
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