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    PERISSODACTYL MAMMAL

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    odd-toed ungulate; perissodactyl; perissodactyl mammal

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("perissodactyl mammal" 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 "perissodactyl mammal"):

    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 ("perissodactyl mammal" is a member of...):

    order Perissodactyla; Perissodactyla (nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms)

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