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/ˈpækɪˌpɑd/ · noun
(zoology, sometimes attributive) Any of a group of animals with thick feet..
In size and form of the bones this metapodium suggests comparison with the pachypod mammals, and most conspicuously, by the presence of five digits, with the elephant, in which the metapodial bones are equally large.
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Pachypod means (zoology, sometimes attributive) Any of a group of animals with thick feet..
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In size and form of the bones this metapodium suggests comparison with the pachypod mammals, and most conspicuously, by the presence of five digits, with the elephant, in which the metapodial bones are equally large.
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