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English
Etymology
From Notoungulata (order name), from Ancient Greek νότος (nótos, “south”) + Ungulata.
Noun
notoungulate (plural notoungulates)
- (paleontology) Any of several extinct, hoofed, herbivorous mammals of the order †Notoungulata, from Cenozoic South America.
2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 72: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.
Adjective
notoungulate (comparative more notoungulate, superlative most notoungulate)
- Characteristic of these animals