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Perissodactyl

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Noun

1. odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal

placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Perissodactyl

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noun
1. 
any placental mammal of the order Perissodactyla, having hooves with an odd number of toes: includes horses, tapirs, and rhinoceroses
adjective
2. 
of, relating to, or belonging to the Perissodactyla

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Perissodactyl

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adjective
1. 
having an uneven number of toes on each foot
noun
2. 
any of an order (Perissodactyla) of hoofed mammals with an uneven number of toes on each foot and a simple stomach, including the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Perissodactyl

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n.
Any of various hoofed mammals of the order Perissodactyla, having an odd number of toes, either one or three, on each foot. Perissodactyls include the horses, tapirs, and rhinoceroses.

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