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Acyl
noun · 78% connection
any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, hoofed, mammals, distinguished, thickness.
Acyl group
noun · 78% connection
any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, hoofed, mammals, distinguished, thickness.
Anisodactyls
n. pl. · 78% connection
A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, hoofed, mammals, distinguished, thickness.
Brontotherium
noun · 78% connection
A genus of large extinct mammals from the miocene strata of western North America. They were allied to the rhinoceros, but the skull b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, hoofed, mammals, distinguished, thickness.
Calf
noun · 78% connection
The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, hoofed, mammals, distinguished, thickness.
Cannon
noun · 78% connection
lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, hoofed, mammals, distinguished, thickness.
Cannon bone
noun · 78% connection
greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal bone in the shank or cannon part of the leg in hoofed mammals
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, hoofed, mammals, distinguished, thickness.
Canon bone
unknown · 78% connection
The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, hoofed, mammals, distinguished, thickness.
Cetacea
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, hoofed, mammals, distinguished, thickness.
Coryphodon
noun · 78% connection
A genus of extinct mammals from the eocene tertiary of Europe and America. Its species varied in size between the tapir and rhinoceros…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, hoofed, mammals, distinguished, thickness.
Dimension
noun · 78% connection
Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, hoofed, mammals, distinguished, thickness.
Elephantine
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, hoofed, mammals, distinguished, thickness.
Equine
noun · 78% connection
hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, hoofed, mammals, distinguished, thickness.
Equus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of mammals, including the horse, ass, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, hoofed, mammals, distinguished, thickness.
Exuviae
n. pl. · 78% connection
Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, hoofed, mammals, distinguished, thickness.
Hack
noun · 78% connection
A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, hoofed, mammals, distinguished, thickness.
Hippopotamus
noun · 78% connection
A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, hoofed, mammals, distinguished, thickness.
Hock
noun · 78% connection
tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, hoofed, mammals, distinguished, thickness.