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Definition of "perissodactyl" []

  • Having an uneven number of toes. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to certain hoofed mammals, such as horses and rhinoceroses, of the order Perissodactyla, that have an uneven number of toes. (adjective)
  • A hoofed mammal of the order Perissodactyla. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "perissodactyl" in a sentence
  • ""No, no, my dear Varian, not just a primitive herbivore of this planet, but an Earth-type herbivore, of the group perissodactyl.""
  • "They name this clade Pegasoferae, a name derived by uniting Pegasus (in their view a sort of bat-perissodactyl combination) with Ferae (the name they use for the carnivoran + pangolin clade)."
  • "A smaller coprolite Va2 unit shows a tridactyl, left foot impression of a perissodactyl."