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Meaning of SOLIPED

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sol"i*ped\, n. [Cf. F. solip[`e]de, It. solipede, Sp.
solipedo; apparently fr. L. solus alone + pes, pedis, a foot;
but probably fr. L. solidipes solid-footed, whole-hoofed. See
{Solid}, and {Pedal}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and
asses; a solidungulate. [Written also {solipede}.]
      The solipeds, or firm-hoofed animals, as horses, asses,
      and mules, etc., -- they are, also, in mighty number.
                                               --Sir T.
                                               Browne.
 
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