artiodactyl
Any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla,…Any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla, including pigs, sheep, deer, cattle, and most grazing animals. In contrast, horses have an odd number of toes and as such are not Artiodactyla, but Perissodactyla.
» The hippopotamus is the heaviest extant artiodactyl.
Meaning
1 sensesAny ungulate mammal with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla, including pigs, sheep, deer, cattle, and most grazing animals. In contrast, horses have an odd number of toes and as such are not Artiodactyla, but Perissodactyla.
Paarhufer, Paarzeher, paarzehiges Huftier
парнокопы́тноеparnokopýtnoje
- placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
Examples
1 sentencesThe hippopotamus is the heaviest extant artiodactyl.
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Artiodactyla, from Ancient Greek ἄρτιος (ártios, “evLearned borrowing from taxonomic name Artiodactyla, from Ancient Greek ἄρτιος (ártios, “even”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger, toe”).
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Forms
plural: artiodactyls| Singular | artiodactyl |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot:even-toed ungulateartiodactyl mammal