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ODD-TOED UNGULATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot
Synonyms:
odd-toed ungulate; perissodactyl; perissodactyl mammal
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("odd-toed ungulate" is a kind of...):
hoofed mammal; ungulate (any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "odd-toed ungulate"):
equid; equine (hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck)
rhino; rhinoceros (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)
Holonyms ("odd-toed ungulate" is a member of...):
order Perissodactyla; Perissodactyla (nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms)
Antonym:
even-toed ungulate (placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot)
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