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perissodactyla


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Perissodactyla  \Per`is*so*dac"ty*la\,  n.  pl  [NL.,  from  Gr  ? 
  odd  (fr.  ?  over)  +  ?  finger.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  division  of  ungulate  mammals,  including  those  that  have  an 
  odd  number  of  toes,  as  the  horse,  tapir,  and  rhinoceros;  -- 
  opposed  to  Artiodactyla. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Perissodactyla 
  n  :  nonruminant  ungulates:  horses;  tapirs;  rhinoceros;  extinct 
  forms  [syn:  {Perissodactyla},  {order  Perissodactyla}] 




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