notoungulate

English

Etymology

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

Noun

notoungulate (plural notoungulates)

1. (paleontology) Any of several extinct, hoofed, herbivorous mammals of the order †Notoungulata, from Cenozoic South America. [from 20th c.]
   • 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)

1. Characteristic of these animals