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Webster 1913 Edition
anisodactyls
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anˊi-so-dac′ty-la
(ănˊī̍-sō̍-dăk′tĭ-lȧ)
, anˊi-so-dac′tyls
(ănˊī̍-sō̍-dăk′tĭlz)
, } Noun.
pl.
[NL.
anisodactyla
, fr. Gr. ἄνισοσ
unequal (ἀν
priv. + ἴσοσ
equal) + δάκτυλοσ
finger.] (Zool.)
(a)
A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc.
(b)
A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.