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perissodactyls

perissodactyls is the plural of perissodactyl.

Meaning of perissodactyl

Noun

perissodactyl (plural perissodactyls)

  1. 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.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 102

Questions about perissodactyls

What is perissodactyls the plural of?
Perissodactyls is the plural of perissodactyl.

Words near perissodactyls in the dictionary

  1. perissodactyl
  2. perissodactylate
  3. perissodactylic
  4. perissodactylism
  5. perissodactylous
  6. perissodactyls
  7. perissologic
  8. perissological
  9. perissologies
  10. perissology
  11. peristalith

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