- notoungulate
- no·to·un·gu·late
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notoungulate
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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
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 — 1. noun Any of several extinct, hoofed, herbivorous mammals, of the order Notoungulata, from Cenozoic South America 2. adjective Characteristic of these animals … Wiktionary
notoungulate — /noʊˈtʌŋgjulət/ (say noh tunggyoohluht) adjective → notungulate …
notoungulate — … Useful english dictionary
Great American Interchange — The Great American Interchange was an important paleozoogeographic event in which land and freshwater fauna migrated from North America via Central America to South America and vice versa, as the volcanic Isthmus of Panama rose up from the sea… … Wikipedia
Notoungulata — Temporal range: Paleocene–Pleistocene … Wikipedia
Mesotheriidae — Temporal range: Late Eocene–Middle Pleistocene … Wikipedia
Mixotoxodon — Temporal range: ?early to late Pleistocene[1] Mixotoxodon larensis Scientific classification … Wikipedia
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
