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Meaning of perissodactyl | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Any ungulate mammal with an odd number of toes and belonging to the Perissodactyla, an equid, a tapir, or a rhinoceros.

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Examples

“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.”

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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