Meanings
adjective
- Having an even number of toes, as in the artiodactyls.
even-toed ungulate
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla
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Origin
Parasynthetic combination of even + toe + -ed.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian чифтокопитен
- чифтокопитен (čiftokopiten)having even number of toes, as in artiodactyls
Finnish sorkka- (as in sorkkaeläin)
- sorkka- (as in sorkkaeläin)having even number of toes, as in artiodactyls
German paarzehig
- paarzehighaving even number of toes, as in artiodactyls
Welsh eilrif-fyseddog
- eilrif-fyseddoghaving even number of toes, as in artiodactyls
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