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artiodactyl

/ahr-tee-oh-dak-til/US // ˌɑr ti oʊˈdæk tɪl //UK // (ˌɑːtɪəʊˈdæktɪl) //

偶蹄目,偶蹄类,偶蹄类动物,偶蹄兽

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Zoology. having an even number of toes or digits on each foot.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a hoofed, even-toed mammal of the order Artiodactyla, comprising the pigs, hippopotamuses, camels, deer, giraffes, pronghorns, sheep, goats, antelope, and cattle.

Examples

  • In the Miocene the evolution of the two-toed artiodactyl foot was well-nigh completed.

  • Or, to put it more definitely: hoofed animals are divided into two groups, even-toed (artiodactyl) and odd-toed (perissodactyl).

  • The Artiodactyl group must have quickly branched in turn, as we find very primitive hogs and camels before the end of the Eocene.

  • The great group is now usually divided into those that are odd-toed (Perissodactyl) and those that are even-toed (Artiodactyl).

  • One leading to the existing perissodactyl foot, and the other, apparently later, resulting in the artiodactyl type.

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