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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An extinct genus of hoofed animals of the family Phenacodontidæ, suborder Condylarthra, characterized by small elongated skull, proportionately very small brain-cavity, complete dentition, bunodont molars, and pentadactyl feet the axes of which pass through the third digit as in the Perissodactyla.
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