English Explanatory Dictionary

even-toed ungulate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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).

Word forms

even-toed ungulate even-toed ungulates

Etymology

From even-toed (as a translation of the taxonomic name, translingual Artiodactyla, from Ancient Greek ἄρτιος (ártios, “even in number”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “toe”)) + ungulate.

Synonyms

artiodactyl cetartiodactyl
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