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Webster 1913 Edition
Perissodactyla
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Perˊis-so-dac′ty-la
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., from Gr. [GREEK] odd (fr. [GREEK] over) + [GREEK] finger.]
(Zool.)
A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; – opposed to
Artiodactyla
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Perissodactyla
Perissodactyla
Translingual
Proper noun
Perissodactyla
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Laurasiatheria – the odd-toed ungulates.
Hypernyms
- (order): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Equidae - horses etc; Tapiridae - tapirs; Rhinocerotidae - rhinoceroses
Translations
taxonomic order
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