Quaternates

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Etymology

From New Latin quaternus (fourth); coined by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in 1839.

Proper noun

Quaternates

  1. (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – pachyderms and ruminants.

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