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单词 multungulate
释义

multungulaten.adj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin multungulatus.
Etymology: < scientific Latin multungulatus (J. K. W. Illiger Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium (1811) 94) < classical Latin multi- multi- comb. form + ungula hoof (see ungula n.) + -ātus -ate suffix2. Compare earlier ungulate adj. and n. and also solidungulate adj. and n. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mɒltɒ·ŋgiŭlĕt) /mʌlˈtʌŋɡjʊlət/.
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).
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