SOLIPED

Noun

soliped (plural solipeds)

Alternative form of solipede

Anagrams

• despoil, diploes, diploës, dipoles, elopids, peloids, spoiled

Source: Wiktionary


Sol"i*ped, n. Etym: [Cf. F. solipède, 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.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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