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notoungulate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
no-toun-gu-late
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several extinct, hoofed, herbivorous mammals of the order †Notoungulata, from Cenozoic South America.

adj

Characteristic of these animals

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

notoungulates (plural) more notoungulate (comparative) most notoungulate (superlative)

Questions

What does notoungulate mean?
Any of several extinct, hoofed, herbivorous mammals of the order †Notoungulata, from Cenozoic South America.
Where does notoungulate come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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