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noun
Any mammal in the order Perissodactyla, including horses and other equids, rhinoceroses, and tapirs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal
Antonyms: even-toed ungulate
Broader terms: ungulate, hoofed mammal
Narrower terms: equine, equid, rhinoceros, rhino, tapir
History
From odd-toed (as a translation of the taxonomic name, translingual Perissodactyla, from Ancient Greek περισσός (perissós, “odd in number”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “toe”)) + ungulate.
