tylopod
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| —n | |
| any artiodactyl mammal of the suborder Tylopoda, having padded, rather than hoofed, digits: includes the camels and llamas | |
| [C19: from New Latin, from Greek tulos knob or tulē cushion + | |
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tylopod
any of the pad-footed, even-toed, hoofed mammals of the suborder Tylopoda (order Artiodactyla). This group contains three extinct families and one living family, Camelidae, which contains the camels and the lamoids-the llama, alpaca, guanaco, and vicuna.
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Tylopod
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