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/noh tung"gyeuh lit, -layt'/, n., adj.notoungulate.[ < NL Notungulata (var. of Notoungulata) name of order, equiv. to not(o)- ( < Gk nótos the south) + ungulata UNGULATE]
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notungulate — /noʊˈtʌŋgjulət/ (say noh tunggyoohluht) adjective of an order, Notungulata, of extinct herbivorous mammals. Also, notoungulate. {New Latin Notungulata, variant of Notoungulata, from noto (from Greek notos) the south + ungulata ungulate} …
notungulate — variant of notoungulate * * * /noh tung gyeuh lit, layt /, n., adj. notoungulate. [ < NL Notungulata (var. of Notoungulata) name of order, equiv. to not(o) ( < Gk nótos the south) + ungulata UNGULATE] … Useful english dictionary
notoungulate — /noh toh ung gyeuh lit, layt /, n. 1. one of the herbivorous, hoofed mammals of the extinct order Notoungulata, best known from the Paleocene to the Pleistocene Epochs of South America. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the Notoungulata. Also,… … Universalium
notoungulate — /noʊˈtʌŋgjulət/ (say noh tunggyoohluht) adjective → notungulate …
notoungulate — [nō tuŋ′gyoo lit, nō tuŋ′gyoo lāt΄nōt΄ō uŋ′gyo͞o lit, nōt΄ō uŋ′gyo͞olāt΄] n. [< ModL Notoungulata: see NOTO & UNGULATE] any of an extinct order (Notoungulata) of plant eating mammals, once widespread in South America: also notungulate [nō… … English World dictionary
no|tun|gu|late — «noh TUHNG gyuh layt», adjective, noun. –adj. of or belonging to a group of extinct herbivorous mammals abundant in South America during the Cenozoic era. –n. a notungulate animal. ╂[< New Latin Notungulata the order name < Greek nôton the… … Useful english dictionary
