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hooved

hooved

4.3
An animal with hard feet like a cow or horse
  • adjective
  • /huːvd/
translation icon : con pezuñas
  • The ancient cave paintings depicted herds of hooved animals roaming the landscape.

Examples

  • The farm was home to many hooved animals, including cows, pigs, and goats.

  • In winter, they can chase hooved animals, the weak ones, onto the frozen lakes and ponds.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • I retraced the path the horses had made in the brush until I was far enough from the road that I no longer heard their many-hooved progress.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • She reins up beside the hooved cloud, her horse pointed upslope a certain neck-bowed way, herself posed attentive to the moment a certain way, and it happens.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The wildlife documentary featured stunning footage of hooved creatures grazing in the lush meadows.

Synonyms

hoofed
vshooved
1 4.0

Having hard feet like those of horses or cows

is an alternative form with identical meaning
ungulate
vshooved
  • Specialized
1 9.2

Having hooves like a horse or cow

is used more generally for anything with hard horny feet
ungulated
vshooved
  • Specialized
9.3

An animal with hooves like a deer or horse

is broader and applies to anything with hard horny feet
hooflike
vshooved
7.6

A part that looks like a hoof with a hard, thick covering

describes the general state of having hard horny feet instead of just resemblance

Surface Forms

hooved positive

Morphology

hooved = hoof (transparent) = hoof + ed

Standard adjective formation from the noun 'hoof' with '-ed', meaning 'having hooves', which is directly inferable by learners who know 'hoof'.

Etymology

Hooved comes from hoof, the hard 'foot' of animals like horses and cows, and the ending -ed means 'having'. So a hooved animal is one that 'has' hooves, like a horse or deer.