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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In the zoölogical system of Cuvier, one of four divisions of pachydermatous quadrupeds, including those which have several unsymmetrical hoofs.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc.
  • noun plural A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.

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