- any placental mammal of the order Perissodactyla, having hooves with an odd number of toes: includes horses, tapirs, and rhinoceroses
- of, relating to, or belonging to the Perissodactyla
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pe•ris•so•dac•tyl
(pə ris′ō dak′til),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
pe•ris′so•dac′ty•lous, adj.
- Zoologyhaving an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
n.
- Mammalsany mammal of the order Perissodactyla, comprising the odd-toed hoofed quadrupeds and including the tapirs, rhinoceroses, and horses.
- Greek perissó(s) uneven, literally, beyond the norm, strange (derivative of périx (preposition and adverb, adverbial) round about, akin to perí; see peri-) + -daktylos -dactylous
- Neo-Latin perissodactylus
- 1840–50
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perissodactyl /pəˌrɪsəʊˈdæktɪl/, perissodactyle /pəˌrɪsəʊˈdæktaɪl/ n
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