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ARTIODACTYL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
Synonyms:
artiodactyl; artiodactyl mammal; even-toed ungulate
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("artiodactyl" is a kind of...):
hoofed mammal; ungulate (any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "artiodactyl"):
swine (stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals)
musk hog; peccary (nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America)
hippo; hippopotamus; Hippopotamus amphibius; river horse (massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa)
ruminant (any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments)
camel (cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions)
llama (wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump)
Vicugna vicugna; vicuna (small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller; valued for its fleecy undercoat)
Holonyms ("artiodactyl" is a 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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla
Synonyms:
artiodactyl; artiodactylous; even-toed
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)
Pertainym:
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)
