notoungulate
English
editEtymology
editFrom Notoungulata (order name), from Ancient Greek νότος (nótos, “south”) + Ungulata.
Noun
editnotoungulate (plural notoungulates)
- (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
editnotoungulate (comparative more notoungulate, superlative most notoungulate)
- Characteristic of these animals