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paen·ungulata \(ˈ)pēn+\ noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin paene nearly, almost + New Latin Ungulata; so called from their position in the evolutionary scale 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 |