Artiodactyla

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • An order or a suborder of ungulate or hoofed mammals which are cloven-footed or even-toed and have hoofs in pairs (either two or four), as all ruminants (Bovidœ, Cervidœ, etc.) and hog-like ungulates (Hippopotamidœ, Suidœ, etc.): opposed to odd-toed ungulates or Perissodactyla, as the horse, rhinoceros, tapir, etc.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun plural. One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla.
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  • noun. an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes
    • Word Usage
    "They are still members of the order artiodactyla along with all the other kosher mammals."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    Perissodactyla  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    animal order  
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