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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A division of ruminant artiodactyl mammals, represented by the family Camelidæ: so called from the peculiar construction of the feet, which causes the animals to walk on phalanges instead of on horny hoofs. More fully called Pecora Phalangigrada. Also Tylopoda.

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