Per`is*so*dac"ty*la (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. odd (fr. over) + finger.] Zool.

A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; -- opposed to Artiodactyla.

 

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