Meanings
plural even-toed ungulates
- biologyAny 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).
Synonyms: artiodactyl, cetartiodactyl
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny 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 synonyms by meaning
nounplacental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἄρτιος“even in number”
- translingualArtiodactyla
- Englisheven-toed ungulate
From 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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