Definition of perissodactyl in English:
perissodactyl
noun pɪˌrɪsə(ʊ)ˈdakt(ɪ)lpəˌrisəˈdaktəl
Zoology A mammal of the order Perissodactyla, such as a horse or rhinoceros.
Example sentencesExamples
- The number of teeth is variable, but in many species it is smaller than the number found in perissodactyls.
- Artiodactyl and perissodactyl sequences were used to root the trees.
- Both the perissodactyls and artiodactyls underwent a period of rapid evolution during the Miocene.
- Intraordinal comparisons indicate equal rates within rodents and variable rates within perissodactyls and artiodactyls.
- The perissodactyls were once much more numerous.
adjective pɪˌrɪsə(ʊ)ˈdakt(ɪ)lpəˌrisəˈdaktəl
Zoology Relating to or denoting perissodactyls.
Example sentencesExamples
- It actually says, "A solid-hoofed perissodactyl ungulate mammal" which may not be any more satisfactory, but is certainly more thorough.
- The horse's single toe on each of its four feet is its most marked anatomical characteristic and makes it a perissodactyl or odd-toed ungulate.
- Divergence estimates between extant perissodactyl species were closely correlated with calibration age - the divergence between rhinos and tapirs, for example, differed by an order of magnitude depending on the calibration applied.
- Most perissodactyl lineages went extinct in the late Eocene or Oligocene.