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odd-toed ungulate

American

noun

any member of the Magnoliidae clade of flowering plants, whose members include magnolias, cinnamon, nutmeg, bay laural, and avocado.

odd-toed ungulate Scientific

See perissodactyl

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The two had not proceeded far when they came across large indentations in the crust of the rain-sodden earth, plainly the footprints of an odd-toed ungulate mammal.

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