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Webster 1913 Edition

Perissodactyla

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Perˊis-so-dac′ty-la

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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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