notoungulate

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noun

Any of several extinct, hoofed, herbivorous mammals of the order †Notoungulata, from Cenozoic South America.

OriginAncient Greek νότος →
First used 20th c.Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounnotoungulate (plural notoungulates)

plural notoungulates

  1. biologyAny of several extinct, hoofed, herbivorous mammals of the order †Notoungulata, from Cenozoic South America.First known use 20th c.

    At its extreme, there are creatures whose teeth grow continuously, even as their gums recede with a lifetime of grit and grass, a strategy only known in woolly rhinos and notoungulates among larger animals.

    2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 72
adjectivenotoungulate (comparative more notoungulate, superlative most notoungulate)

comparative more notoungulate · superlative most notoungulate

  1. Characteristic of these animals

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekνότος“south”
  2. Englishnotoungulate

From Notoungulata (order name), from Ancient Greek νότος (nótos, “south”) + Ungulata.

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APA

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Chicago

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