Belluae

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Translingual

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Etymology

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From Latin belluae (wild beasts); coined by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 and expanded in 1766.

Proper noun

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Belluae

  1. (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – horses and hippopotamuses, and later pigs and rhinoceroses, now placed in various orders.