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Meaning of "perissodactyl" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERISSODACTYL

From New Latin perissodactylus, from Greek perissos uneven + daktulos digit.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PERISSODACTYL

perissodactyl  [pəˌrɪsəʊˈdæktɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERISSODACTYL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Perissodactyl can act as a noun and an adjective.
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The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PERISSODACTYL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

perissodactyl

Odd-toed ungulate

An odd-toed ungulate is a mammal with hooves that feature an odd number of toes on the rear feet. Odd-toed ungulates comprise the order Perissodactyla. The middle toe on each hind hoof is usually larger than its neighbours. Odd-toed ungulates are relatively large grazers and, unlike the ruminant even-toed ungulates, they have relatively simple stomachs because they are hindgut fermenters, digesting plant cellulose in their intestines rather than in one or more stomach chambers. Odd-toed ungulates include the horse, tapirs, and rhinoceroses.

Definition of perissodactyl in the English dictionary

The definition of perissodactyl in the dictionary is any placental mammal of the order Perissodactyla, having hooves with an odd number of toes: includes horses, tapirs, and rhinoceroses. Other definition of perissodactyl is of, relating to, or belonging to the Perissodactyla.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERISSODACTYL


anisodactyl
ænˌaɪsəʊˈdæktɪl
artiodactyl
ˌɑːtɪəʊˈdæktɪl
brachydactyl
ˌbrækɪˈdæktɪl
dactyl
ˈdæktɪl
didactyl
daɪˈdæktɪl
heterodactyl
ˌhɛtərəʊˈdæktɪl
hyperdactyl
ˌhaɪpəˈdæktɪl
Largactil
ˌlɑːˈɡæktɪl
leptodactyl
ˌlɛptəʊˈdæktɪl
macrodactyl
ˌmækrəʊˈdæktɪl
octyl
ˈɒktɪl
pachydactyl
ˌpækɪˈdæktɪl
pentadactyl
ˌpɛntəˈdæktɪl
pentadactyle
ˌpɛntəˈdæktɪl
polydactyl
ˌpɒlɪˈdæktɪl
pterodactyl
ˌtɛrəˈdæktɪl
syndactyl
sɪnˈdæktɪl
tetradactyl
ˌtɛtrəˈdæktɪl
zygodactyl
ˌzaɪɡəʊˈdæktɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERISSODACTYL

perishables
perishably
perished
perisher
perishing
perishingly
perisperm
perispermal
perispermic
perispomenon
perissodactyle
perissodactylic
perissodactylous
perissology
perissosyllabic
peristalith
peristalses
peristalsis
peristaltic
peristaltically

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERISSODACTYL

acetyl
baetyl
biacetyl
butyl
cetyl
diacetyl
dibutyl
dicotyl
epicotyl
hypocotyl
pentyl
protyl
tridactyl
trotyl

Synonyms and antonyms of perissodactyl in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «perissodactyl» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERISSODACTYL

Find out the translation of perissodactyl to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of perissodactyl from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «perissodactyl» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

perissodactyl
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perissodactyl
570 millions of speakers

English

perissodactyl
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

perissodactyl
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

perissodactyl
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

perissodactyl
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perissodactyl
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

perissodactyl
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

perissodactyl
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perissodactyl
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

perissodactyl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

perissodactyl
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

perissodactyl
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perissodactyl
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

perissodactyl
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காலிலும் ஒற்றைப் படை விரல்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेरीसोडेक्टाइल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

perissodactyl
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

perissodactyl
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

perissodactyl
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

perissodactyl
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

perissodactyl
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

perissodactyl
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

perissodactyl
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

perissodactyl
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

perissodactyl
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of perissodactyl

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERISSODACTYL»

The term «perissodactyl» is used very little and occupies the 178.805 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERISSODACTYL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about perissodactyl

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERISSODACTYL»

Discover the use of perissodactyl in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to perissodactyl and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Beginning of the Age of Mammals
It was long considered to be the morphotypic perissodactyl, but recent discoveries suggest that some forms traditionally called tapiromorphs may be equally or more primitive. Hyracotherium shares derived conditions of the optic foramen and ...
Kenneth D. Rose, 2009
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The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and Relationships of ...
tid Hyopsodus, the phenacodontans Phenacodus and Menis- cotherium, and the phenacolophid Radinskya, but included only one perissodactyl ("Hyracotherium") , as their study was dealing broadly with pantomesaxonian relationships.
Kenneth D. Rose, J. David Archibald, 2005
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Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology
Food passes through the digestive system of a perissodactyl about twice as fast as through that of a ruminating artiodactyl. Because food is retained for less time, digestion is less efficient. For example, the digestive efficiency of a horse is only ...
‎2007
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Fossil Horses: Systematics, Paleobiology, and Evolution of ...
A recent detailed cladistic analysis (Hooker 1989) of critical new and previously studied specimens resulted in a radical rethinking of the concept of the genus Hyracotherium and the base of the perissodactyl radiation (Figure 5.10). Using the ...
Bruce J. MacFadden, 1994
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The Evolution of perissodactyls
This new treatise is comprised of 24 papers covering virtually every recent development regarding fossil horses, rhinos, tapirs, and their extinct relatives.
Donald R. Prothero, Robert M. Schoch, 1989
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Mammalogy
CHAPTER OUTLINE Perissodactyl Evolution Cursorial Specialization Feeding Specialization Living Perissodactyls Family Equidae FamilyTapiridae Family Rhinocerotidae Summary Since Eocene times, some of the most specialized and  ...
Professor Emeritus Northern Arizona University Terry A Vaughan, Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan, 2011
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Causes and Consequences of Globally Warm Climates in the ...
Although difficult to interpret because of breakage and heavy wear, they give the appearance of a Lambdotherium-like perissodactyl as Meng et al. (1998) proposed, but less dilambdodont. Thus, the upper molar centro- crista is slightly less ...
Scott L. Wing, 2003
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The Tree of Life: A Phylogenetic Classification
1 shows anterior views of the left foot skeleton of two perissodactyls (la: American tapir, Ib: horse) and a non- perissodactyl (lc: macaque). The main support axis is highlighted in color (as: astragalus, cal: calcaneus, asj: astragalus-navicular ...
Guillaume Lecointre, Hervé Le Guyader, 2006
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Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Terrestrial ...
This late middle Eocene perissodactyl diversity comprised brontotheres, " eomoropid" chal- icotheres, and a diversity of tapiroids and ceratomorphs: Perhaps paradoxically, equid diversity was low at this time. A later Eocene reduction in ...
Christine Marie Janis, Kathleen Marie Scott, Louis L. Jacobs, 1998
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Horns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals
Some authors went so far as to identify a particular phenacodont species as "the perissodactyl ancestor." Others could not find a continuous lineage between any known phenacodont and perissodactyls, so they suggested that perissodactyls ...
Donald R. Prothero, Robert M. Schoch, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERISSODACTYL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term perissodactyl is used in the context of the following news items.
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World Tapir Day, 2015
... the world unites in celebration of our plucky, trunk-nosed perissodactyl pals and in which we aim to enhance awareness of tapir conservation ... «Scientific American, Apr 15»
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Darwin's “Strangest” Beast Finds Place on Tree
... mammal species (and one chicken) to build a family tree, with Toxodon and Macrauchenia perched at the base of the perissodactyl branch. «National Geographic, Mar 15»
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Incredible fossil discovery is ancestor of three separate modern …
It belongs in the perissodactyl family, which also includes horses, hippos, and tapirs. Cambaytherium was pieced together from over 200 bone ... «Science Recorder, Nov 14»
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55-Million-Year-Old Fossils Suggest Ancestor of Rhinos, Horses …
The fossilized remains of an early perissodactyl animal uncovered from the Cambay Shale Formation in Gujarat, India, are the first concrete ... «Sci-News.com, Nov 14»
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Ag-bio Researchers Designing SNP Chips for Plant and Animal …
... both disease and performance traits, as well as population genetics parameters, equid and perissodactyl phylogeny, and now to detect genomic signatures of ... «GenomeWeb, Nov 14»
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Ancient Rhino Relatives Were Actually Swimmers
... hippos, otters, penguins, and cormorants." These water-loving rhino relatives help to shed light on perissodactyl origins as well as diversity. «Nature World News, Oct 14»
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The real Jungle Book
Ungulates are grouped as Artiodactyl and Perissodactyl depending on whether they are even-toed or odd-toed. Hares, rabbits and Pikas are ... «Mid-Day, Jul 14»
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Cultural And Official Symbols
Yet that has nothing to do with any perissodactyl (horse family), this Antelope has a long tail and full, a Summit long and pointed ears erect and a wide neck and ... «AngolaPress, Aug 13»
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Tapir attacks past, present, but hopefully not future
Did I mention that they're dangerous? * Tapirs and rhinos are close relatives with the perissodactyl clade Ceratomorpha. Early members of both ... «Scientific American, Aug 13»
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Recent archeological discovery in Romania shows traces of odd …
The Chalicotherium is an extinct perissodactyl whose fossil remains are common in deposits of Asia, Europe, and Africa from the Miocene ... «Romania-Insider.com, Jul 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Perissodactyl [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/perissodactyl>. Apr 2024 ».
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