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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: even-toed ungulate
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: artiodactylous, even-toed
Antonyms: none provided
noun
placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl mammal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ungulate, hoofed mammal
Narrower terms: swine, peccary, musk hog, hippopotamus, hippo, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius, ruminant, camel, llama, vicuna, Vicugna vicugna
History
Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Artiodactyla, from Ancient Greek ἄρτιος (ártios, “even”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger, toe”).
Across languages
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