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artiodactyl

ar·tio·dac·tyl

UK/ˌɑːtɪəʊˈdaktɪl/ US/ˌɑrtioʊˈdæktʌl/ uncommon

adjective

1.

of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla

noun

1.

placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot

Origin

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

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