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Definition of Perissodactyla
1. Noun. Nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Eutheria, Subclass Eutheria
Member holonyms: Odd-toed Ungulate, Perissodactyl, Perissodactyl Mammal, Equidae, Family Equidae, Family Rhinocerotidae, Rhinoceros Family, Rhinocerotidae, Family Tapiridae, Tapiridae
Definition of Perissodactyla
1. n. pl. A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; -- opposed to Artiodactyla.
Medical Definition of Perissodactyla
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Perissodactyla
Literary usage of Perissodactyla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"IN attempting to trace the evolutionary history of the various HISTORY OF THE
perissodactyla * T""" mammalian groups, it is necessary to bear in mind the ..."
2. A Guide to the Fossil Mammals and Birds in the Department of Geology and by Arthur Smith Woodward (1904)
"perissodactyla. Pier-cases It seems probable that at the dawn of the Eocene period
... Thus arose the uneven-toed hoofed animals or perissodactyla. ..."
3. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"C. perissodactyla.—The Horse is selected as the first example of the dentition
of the hoofed Quadrupeds with toes in uneven number, because it offers in ..."
4. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"C. perissodactyla.—The Horse is selected as the first example of the dentition
of the hoofed Quadrupeds with toes in uneven number, because it offers in ..."
5. Evolution of Mammalian Molar Teeth by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1907)
"... Fork Formations contained in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. . . .
the perissodactyla," by Henry Fairfield ..."
6. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1880)
"R. OWEN remarks on the development of the perissodactyla, reproducing some of
Marsh's figures ; Ann. NH (5) ii. pp. ..."
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