odd-toed ungulate
noun
any member of the Magnoliidae clade of flowering plants, whose members include magnolias, cinnamon, nutmeg, bay laural, and avocado.
odd-toed ungulates
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pluralof odd-toed ungulate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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In the structure of the feet and teeth, the Eohippus unmistakably indicates that the direct ancestral line to the modern horse has already separated from the other perissodactyles, or odd-toed ungulates.
From Darwinism (1889) by Alfred Russel Wallace
The tapir makes a footprint much like that of a small rhinoceros, being one of the odd-toed ungulates.
From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Theodore Roosevelt
