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perissodactyla
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun perissodactyla has 1 sense
- perissodactyla(n = noun.animal) order perissodactyla - nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms; Array is a kind of animal order
is a member of eutheria, subclass eutheria
CIDE DICTIONARY
perissodactyla, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. odd (fr. over) + finger.].
A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; -- opposed to Artiodactyla. [1913 Webster]
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