Meaning | placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot. |
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Synonyms | odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl mammal |
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Member of | Perissodactyla, order Perissodactyla | nonruminant ungulates |
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Narrower | equine, equid | hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck |
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rhinoceros, rhino | 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 |
Broader | ungulate, hoofed mammal | Any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically |
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Opposite | even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal | placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot |
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Spanish | perisodáctilo |
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Catalan | perissodàctil |
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