(|)prōd.+ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from prot- + Ungulata
1. : a hypothetical group ancestral to the ungulate mammals
2. in some classifications : a major division of Eutheria comprising extinct mammals of the orders Condylarthra, Litopterna, Notoungulata, and Astrapotheria together with the recent and extinct Tubulidentata
• prot·ungulate (ˈ) ̷ ̷+ adjective or noun