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Of an animal, physically adapted only for moving slowly over land, due to a high body weight; examples include giant tortoises.See Also: mediportal
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graviportal — |gravə+ adjective Etymology: gravi + portal (from Latin portare to carry + English al) more at fare : having the body supports adapted to the bearing of great weights the elephant is a graviportal mammal … Useful english dictionary
graviportal — gravi·portal … English syllables
dinosaur — /duy neuh sawr /, n. 1. any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals. 2. something that is… … Universalium
Hippopotamus — Hippo redirects here. For other uses, see Hippo (disambiguation). This page is about the species Hippopotamus amphibius. For the genus Hippopotamus, see Hippopotamus (genus). Hippopotamus … Wikipedia
Pygmy Hippopotamus — Taxobox name = Pygmy Hippopotamus status = EN | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref =IUCN2006|assessors=Lewison, R. Oliver, W. (Hippo Specialist Subgroup)|year=2005|id=10032|title=Hexaprotodon liberiensis|downloaded=17 December 2006] image caption … Wikipedia
Sauropodomorpha — Taxobox name = Sauropodomorphs fossil range = Late Triassic Late Cretaceous image width = 200px image caption = Statue of Diplodocus carnegiei outside the Carnegie Museum regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida superordo =… … Wikipedia
Pyrotherium — Taxobox name = Pyrotherium status = fossil fossil range = Early Oligocene image caption = Pyrotherium romeroi and Rhynchippus equinus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = †Pyrotheria familia = †Pyrotheriidae genus = †… … Wikipedia
Hippopotamus amphibius — Hipopótamo común … Wikipedia Español
mammal — mammallike, adj. /mam euhl/, n. any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg laying monotremes, giving birth to… … Universalium
perissodactyl — perissodactylous, adj. /peuh ris oh dak til/, adj. 1. having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot. n. 2. any mammal of the order Perissodactyla, comprising the odd toed hoofed quadrupeds and including the tapirs, rhinoceroses, and… … Universalium