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perissodactyl en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περί (perí) Ancient Greek περῐ- (perĭ-) Ancient Greek περισσός (perissós) Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos) English perissodactyl From Ancient Greek περισσός (perissós, “uneven”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger, toe”). Compare the taxon name Perissodactyla.

Meanings

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:

Forms

Deriveds

perissodactylism

Relateds

perissodactylous · artiodactyl

Translations (14)

nl onevenhoevige (odd-toed ungulate) · cy carnolyn odfyseddog (odd-toed ungulate) · de Unpaarhufer (odd-toed ungulate) · de Unpaarzeher (odd-toed ungulate) · is staktæð hófdýr (odd-toed ungulate) · cs lichokopytník (odd-toed ungulate) · it perissodattilo (odd-toed ungulate) · is hófdýr með staka tölu táa (odd-toed ungulate) · is eiginleg hófdýr (odd-toed ungulate) · sk nepárnokopytník (odd-toed ungulate) · ca perissodàctil (odd-toed ungulate) · fi kavioeläin (odd-toed ungulate) · hu páratlanujjú patás (odd-toed ungulate) · bg нечифтокопитно (odd-toed ungulate)