cetartiodactyl

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noun

Any of a large group of animals, of the clade Cetartiodactyla, including the whales and even-toed ungulates.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nouncetartiodactyl (plural cetartiodactyls)

plural cetartiodactyls

  1. biologyAny of a large group of animals, of the clade Cetartiodactyla, including the whales and even-toed ungulates.

    Cetartiodactyls are by far the most populous of the two ungulate groups today, but it wasn’t always so.

    2018 March 7, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian

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