Paenungulata
plural noun
Paen·ungulata
\(ˈ)pēn+\
Definition of Paenungulata
in some classifications
: a major division of eutherian mammals comprising the extinct orders Pantodonta, Dinocerata, Pyrotheria, and Embrithopoda together with the surviving orders Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, and Sirenia
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Origin and Etymology of paenungulata
New Latin, from Latin paene nearly, almost + New Latin Ungulata; so called from their position in the evolutionary scale
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