Ungulata
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Translingual
Etymology
Latin ungulatus (“having hoofs or having talons”)
Proper noun
Ungulata
- (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the superorder Laurasiatheria – a polyphyletic form taxon, which included hoofed animals.
Hyponyms
- (order): Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates); Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates); Tubulidentata (aardvarks); Hyracoidea (hyraxes); Sirenia (dugongs and manatees), Proboscidea (elephants) - orders of former members of Ungulata.
Further reading
ungulate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “Ungulata”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
