PERISSODACTYL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does perissodactyl mean? 

• PERISSODACTYL (noun)
  The noun PERISSODACTYL has 1 sense:

1. placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot

  Familiarity information: PERISSODACTYL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERISSODACTYL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

odd-toed ungulate; perissodactyl; perissodactyl mammal

Hypernyms ("perissodactyl" is a kind of...):

hoofed mammal; ungulate (any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perissodactyl"):

equid; equine (hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck)

rhino; rhinoceros (massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout)

tapir (large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout)

Holonyms ("perissodactyl" is a member of...):

order Perissodactyla; Perissodactyla (nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms)