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artiodactyl

The origin and history of artiodactyl.

Etymology

A learned borrowing from the taxonomic name Artiodactyla, from Ancient Greek ἄρτιος (ártios, “even”) and δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger, toe”).

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