condylarth

condylarth
/kon"dl ahrth'/, n.
any of the primitive ungulate mammals of the extinct order Condylarthra, from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, having a slender body, low-crowned teeth, and five-toed feet, each toe ending in a small hoof.
[1880-85; < NL Condylarthra (neut. pl.) < Gk kóndyl(os) CONDYLE + -arthra, neut. pl. of arthrus -jointed, deriv. of árthron joint]

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