Soliped

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Soliped \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}.] (Zool.)
     A mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and
     asses; a solidungulate. [Written also {solipede}.]


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           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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