Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the Linnean classification, one of the primary divisions, a subclass or superorder, of the Mammalia, including the four orders Bruta, Glires, Feræ, and Primates, or the edentates, rodents, carnivores, and quadrumanes (including man): correlated with Ungulata, or hoofed quadrupeds, and the cetaceans. [Not now used in any exact classificatory sense, though available as a designation.]
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) An extensive division of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals (
Ungulata ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun in former classifications a major division of Mammalia comprising mammals with nails or claws; distinguished from hoofed mammals and cetaceans
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Examples
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(Black-eyed Peas - Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata)
Beans: A History and My Legume Love Affair Ninth Helping Round-Up Laurie Constantino 2009
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(Black-eyed Peas - Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata) 2.
Archive 2009-04-01 Laurie Constantino 2009
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Vigna unguiculata, at least according to botanists, is a cousin to the Asian Vigna species.
Beans: A History and My Legume Love Affair Ninth Helping Round-Up Laurie Constantino 2009
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(Black-eyed Peas - Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata)
Archive 2009-04-01 Laurie Constantino 2009
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Curried Black-Eyed Peas (Lobhia Curry) (Black-eyed Peas - Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata) 3.
Archive 2009-04-01 Laurie Constantino 2009
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Curried Black-Eyed Peas (Lobhia Curry) (Black-eyed Peas - Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata) 3.
Beans: A History and My Legume Love Affair Ninth Helping Round-Up Laurie Constantino 2009
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(Black-eyed Peas - Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata) 2.
Beans: A History and My Legume Love Affair Ninth Helping Round-Up Laurie Constantino 2009
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Vigna unguiculata, at least according to botanists, is a cousin to the Asian Vigna species.
Archive 2009-04-01 Laurie Constantino 2009
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The stew may be added to traditionally prepared leafy vegetables, especially cowpea (Vigna unguiculata).
Chapter 7 1999
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Let us look at Vigna unguiculata (cowpea) for an example of their treatment.
3: Staple crops 1996
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