Taxeopoda

plural noun

Tax·​e·​op·​o·​da

ˌtaksēˈäpədə

in former classifications

: an order of chiefly taxeopodous mammals comprising the Proboscidea, Condylarthra, Hyracoidea, and sometimes others

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek taxis arrangement, order, regularity (genitive taxeōs) + New Latin -poda

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