artiodactyl
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artiodactyl (ˌɑːtɪəʊˈdæktɪl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any placental mammal of the order Artiodactyla, having hooves with an even number of toes; an even-toed ungulate. The order includes pigs, hippopotamuses, camels, deer, cattle, and antelopes |
| —adj | |
| 2. | of, relating to, or belonging to the order Artiodactyla |
| [C19: from New Latin artiodactylus, from Greek ártios even + daktulos digit] | |
| artio'dactylous | |
| —adj | |
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| phylum of worms with bilateral symmetry and soft, usually flattened bodies |
| vertebrate with body hair that nourishes young with milk from mammary glands |
| artiodactyl (är'tē-ō-dāk'təl) Pronunciation Key
Any of various hoofed mammals of the order Artiodactyla, having an even number of toes on each foot. Artiodactyls include the pig, sheep, ox, deer, giraffe, and hippopotamus. Also called even-toed ungulate. |
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artiodactyl
any member of the mammalian order Artiodactyla, or even-toed ungulates, which includes the pigs (see table), peccaries, hippopotamuses, camels, chevrotains, deer, giraffes, pronghorn, antelopes, sheep (see table), goats (see table), and cattle (see beef and dairy tables). It is one of the larger mammal orders, containing about 150 species, a total that may be somewhat reduced with continuing revision of their classification. Many artiodactyls are well-known to man, and the order as a whole is of more economic and cultural benefit than any other group of mammals. The much larger order of rodents (Rodentia) affects man primarily in a negative way, by competing with him or impeding his economic and cultural progress
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