Meanings
plural odd-toed ungulates
- biologyAny mammal in the order Perissodactyla, including horses and other equids, rhinoceroses, and tapirs.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounplacental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπερισσός“odd in number”
- translingualPerissodactyla
- Englishodd-toed ungulate
From odd-toed (as a translation of the taxonomic name, translingual Perissodactyla, from Ancient Greek περισσός (perissós, “odd in number”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “toe”)) + ungulate.
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