Definition of perissodactyla Perissodactyla

Pe•ris•so•dac•ty•la

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What does perissodactyla mean?

Noun
perissodactyla - nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms
		order Perissodactyla
		animal order the order of animals
		eutheria, subclass eutheria all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
		odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot
		equidae, family equidae horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals
		family rhinocerotidae, rhinoceros family, rhinocerotidae rhinoceroses

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perissodactyla (n. pl.)
A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; -- opposed to Artiodactyla.

perissodactyla
pe-ris-ō-dak′ti-la, n. one of the two divisions of the great mammalian order Ungulata, including the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros, distinguished by the third digit of each limb being symmetrical in itself, by the presence of an odd number of digits on the hind-foot, &c.—opp. to Artiodactyla.—adjs. Perissodac′tyl, Perissodac′tylate, Perissodactyl′ic, Perissodac′tylous. [Gr. perissos, beyond the regular number, daktylos, a finger.]