perissodactyl

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perissodactyl

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From Ancient Greek περισσός (perissós, “uneven”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger, toe”). Compare the taxon name Perissodactyla.

noun perissodactyls

Any ungulate mammal with an odd number of toes and belonging to the Perissodactyla, an equid, a tapir, or a rhinoceros. 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.

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noun odd-toed ungulate

Deutsch	Unpaarhufer, Unpaarzeher
Italiano	perissodattilo

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@misc{perissodactyl_2026,
  title = {perissodactyl},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/perissodactyl},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}