ungulate

Example Sentences

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In “The Sheep Detectives,” the woolly ungulates themselves set about solving a heinous crime: gathering evidence, bringing it to light, and even drawing diagrams to point dimwitted humans in the right direction.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

In the wild, wolf packs primarily subsist on wild ungulates - hoofed, typically herbivorous, animals such as deer, cows and pigs.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

“Sheep and other ungulates, like deer, can get caught in razor wire, especially lambs,” Colby said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

"I'm impressed with how the team has worked together to adopt a standard set of methods to create robust migration maps of these ungulates across the West."

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2024

We passed birds, bears, apes, monkeys, ungulates, the terrarium house, the rhinos, the elephants, the giraffes.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel