HyperDic: artiodactyl

English > 2 senses of the word *artiodactyl*:
ADJECTIVE	pert	artiodactyl, artiodactylous, even-toed	of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla
NOUN	animal	artiodactyl, even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl mammal	placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot

artiodactyl > pronunciation
Sounds	aa.rtiyowdae'ktahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *artiodactyl*: 2 senses > adjective 1, pert
Meaning	Of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla.
Synonyms	artiodactylous, even-toed
Category	zoology, zoological science	The branch of biology that studies animals
Spanish	artiodáctilo
Nouns	order Artiodactyla	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

English > *artiodactyl*: 2 senses > noun 1, animal
Meaning	placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot.
Synonyms	even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl mammal
Member of	Artiodactyla, order Artiodactyla	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
Narrower	camel	cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
	hippopotamus, hippo, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius	massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
	llama	wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
	peccary, musk hog	nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America
	ruminant	Any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
	swine	stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
	vicuna, Vicugna vicugna	small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller
Broader	ungulate, hoofed mammal	Any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically
Opposite	odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal	placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot
Spanish	artiodáctilo, artiodáctilos
Catalan	artiodàctil

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