HyperDic: artiodactyla

English > 1 sense of the word Artiodactyla:
NOUNanimalArtiodactyla, order Artiodactylaan 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 > Artiodactyla: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAn 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.
Synonymorder Artiodactyla
Member ofEutheria, subclass EutheriaAll mammals except monotremes and marsupials
MembersCamelidae, family Camelidaecamels and llamas and vicunas
Hippopotamidae, family Hippopotamidaehippopotami
Ruminantia, suborder Ruminantiacattle
Suidae, family Suidaepigs
Tayassuidae, family Tayassuidaepeccaries
even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammalplacental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
Spanishartiodáctilos
CatalanArtiodàctil, artiodàctils, Artiodactyla
Adjectivesartiodactylousof or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla

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