a. and sb. [f. L. solid-us SOLID a. + ungulātus, f. ungula hoof. So F. solidongulé.] = SOLIPED a. and sb.
1839–47. Todd’s Cycl. Anat., III. 237/1. The … solidungulate quadrupeds, as the Horse and Ass.
1842. Brande, Dict. Sci., etc. 1130/1. Solidungulates,… the name of a tribe of Mammals [etc.].
1863. Dana, Man. Geol., 529. Of the Solidungulate or Horse family.
1879. trans. De Quatrefages’ Hum. Spec., 53. Instead of being cloven-footed,… the race becomes solidungulate.
transf. 1863. R. F. Burton, Abeokuta, II. 120. They had been provided with ammunition-boots, but, not having become by habit solidungulate, they could not use them without risking broken legs.
