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noun
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: artiodactyl, cetartiodactyl
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: artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal
Antonyms: odd-toed ungulate
Broader terms: ungulate, hoofed mammal
Narrower terms: swine, peccary, musk hog, hippopotamus, hippo, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius, ruminant, camel, llama, vicuna, Vicugna vicugna
History
From even-toed (as a translation of the taxonomic name, translingual Artiodactyla, from Ancient Greek ἄρτιος (ártios, “even in number”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “toe”)) + ungulate.
