even-toed ungulate
even-toed ungulate · even-toed ungulates
Any mammal in the order Artiodactyla, including camels, pigs and ruminants such as…Any mammal in the order Artiodactyla, including camels, pigs and ruminants such as deer, cattle, goats, sheep and antelopes; as well as, in recent years, cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises).
Meaning
1 sensesAny mammal in the order Artiodactyla, including camels, pigs and ruminants such as deer, cattle, goats, sheep and antelopes; as well as, in recent years, cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises).
More definitions
- placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
Origin
From even-toed (as a translation of the taxonomic name, translingual Artiodactyla, from AnFrom even-toed (as a translation of the taxonomic name, translingual Artiodactyla, from Ancient Greek ἄρτιος (ártios, “even in number”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “toe”)) + ungulate.
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Forms
plural: even-toed ungulates| Singular | even-toed ungulate |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot:artiodactylartiodactyl mammal