UNGUICULATA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

In former classifications a major division of Mammalia comprising mammals with nails or claws; distinguished from hoofed mammals and cetaceans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Unguiculata" is a kind of...):

eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)

Holonyms ("Unguiculata" is a member of...):

class Mammalia; Mammalia (warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female)

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