HyperDic: even-toed_ungulate

English > 1 sense of the expression even-toed ungulate:
NOUNanimaleven-toed ungulate, artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammalplacental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
English > even-toed ungulate: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningplacental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot.
Synonymsartiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal
Member ofArtiodactyla, 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
Narrowercamelcud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
hippopotamus, hippo, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibiusmassive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
llamawild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
peccary, musk hognocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America
ruminantAny of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
swinestout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
vicuna, Vicugna vicugnasmall wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller
Broaderungulate, hoofed mammalAny of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically
Oppositeodd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammalplacental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot
Spanishartiodáctilo, artiodáctilos
Catalanartiodàctil

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