perissodactyl

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek περισσός (perissós, “uneven”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger, toe”).

Noun

perissodactyl (plural perissodactyls)

1. Any ungulate mammal with an odd number of toes and belonging to the Perissodactyla, including the horses, zebra, and rhinoceros.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 102:

     The chalicotheres were among the strangest mammals that ever lived. They were perissodactyls - relatives of horses, rhinos and tapirs - and if all you had seen of one was its head, you might have mistaken it for a very strange horse.

Translations

odd-toed ungulate

• Dutch: onevenhoevige (nl) m or f
• Finnish: kavioeläin
• Icelandic: staktæð hófdýr n pl, eiginleg hófdýr n pl, hófdýr með staka tölu táa n pl
• Italian: perissodattilo (it) m

See also

• artiodactyl

Anagrams

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