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artiodactyl

UK/ˌɑːtɪəʊˈdaktɪl/

artiodactyl noun: any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla, including pigs, sheep, deer, cattle, and most grazing animals. In contrast, horses have an odd number of toes and as such are not Artiodactyla, but Perissodactyla.

artiodactyl: any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla, including pigs,...
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Noun

artiodactyl (plural artiodactyls)

  1. Any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla, including pigs, sheep, deer, cattle, and most grazing animals. In contrast, horses have an odd number of toes and as such are not Artiodactyla, but Perissodactyla.
    • I have been unable to find out if these are linked in some way to the 1945 Budapest hippos, with the possibility this would create of a parallel history of Central Europe seen through the endurance of one brave African artiodactyl family.2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 397

artiodactyl meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malay

artiodactyl in Tamil

இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும், இரட்டைப்படைக் கால்விரல்களுள்ள விலங்கு, இரட்டைப்படைக் கால்விரல்களுள்ள

artiodactyl in Bengali

হরিণ

artiodactyl in Malay

any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes
artiodaktil

Synonyms of artiodactyl

Forms of artiodactyl

pluralartiodactyls

Origin of artiodactyl

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Artiodactyla, from Ancient Greek ἄρτιος (ártios, “even”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger, toe”).

Questions about artiodactyl

What does artiodactyl mean?
Artiodactyl means any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla, including pigs, sheep, deer, cattle, and most grazing animals. In contrast, horses have an odd number of toes and as such are not Artiodactyla, but Perissodactyla.
What is artiodactyl in Tamil?
Artiodactyl in Tamil is இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும், இரட்டைப்படைக் கால்விரல்களுள்ள விலங்கு, இரட்டைப்படைக் கால்விரல்களுள்ள. See Artiodactyl meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is artiodactyl?
Artiodactyl is a noun.
How do you pronounce artiodactyl?
Artiodactyl is pronounced /ˌɑːtɪəʊˈdaktɪl/ (UK).
What is the plural of artiodactyl?
The plural of artiodactyl is artiodactyls.

Words near artiodactyl in the dictionary

  1. Artington
  2. artinian
  3. artinite
  4. Artinskian
  5. Artio
  6. artiodactyl
  7. artiodactylan
  8. artiodactylans
  9. artiodactylate
  10. artiodactylates
  11. artiodactyle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: artiodactyl (page history and authors); artiodactyl (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); artiodactyl (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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