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Meanings of perissodactyl in anglès

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perissodàctil

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

      perissodàctil
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      Examples for "odd-toed ungulate"
      Examples for "odd-toed ungulate"
      1
      The tapir makes a footprint much like that of a small rhinoceros, being one of the odd-toed ungulates.
      Through the Brazilian Wilderness
      2
      More than 200 species of mammal are distinguished by possession of hooves, known as ungulates, and are divided into two orders, even-toed and odd-toed ungulates.
      The Irish Times
      1
      These animals, which are grouped with the horse among the ODD-TOED (perissodactyl ) mammals, are now verging toward extinction.
      The Elements of Geology
      Usage of perissodactyl in anglès
      1
      One leading to the existing perissodactyl foot, and the other, apparently later, resulting in the artiodactyl type.
      Darwin, and After Darwin, Volumes 1 and 3 / An Exposition of the...
      2
      The fifth digit, for the same reasons as in the perissodactyl foot, first left the ground and became smaller.
      Darwin, and After Darwin, Volumes 1 and 3 / An Exposition of the...
      3
      These animals, which are grouped with the horse among the ODD-TOED (perissodactyl) mammals, are now verging toward extinction.
      The Elements of Geology
      4
      The tapirs are an ancient family which has changed but little since it separated from the other perissodactyl stocks in the early Tertiary.
      The Elements of Geology
      5
      In the further reduction of the perissodactyl foot, the fifth digit, being shorter than the remaining three, next left the ground, and gradually disappeared.
      Darwin, and After Darwin, Volumes 1 and 3 / An Exposition of the...
      6
      Modern perissodactyls exist as three small clades of threatened species: horses, rhinos, and tapirs.
      The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
      7
      Modern perissodactyls represent but a shade of their former glory.
      The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
      8
      Rhinos belong to a group of animals called perissodactyls.
      BBC
      9
      Like the perissodactyls, they are descended from the primitive five-toed plantigrade mammals of the lowest Eocene.
      The Elements of Geology
      10
      Nobody is quite sure how perissodactyls evolved.
      BBC
      11
      What is clear is that the early perissodactyls were the ancestors of rhinos, as well as all modern horses, zebras and tapirs.
      BBC
      Translations for perissodactyl
      Perissodactyl through the time