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artiodactyl
Artiodactyl (noun) means a hoofed mammal, such as a pig, sheep, deer or cow, that has an even number of toes on each foot.
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A hoofed mammal, such as a pig, sheep, deer or cow, that has an even number of toes on each foot.
"I have been unable to find out if these are linked in some way to the 1945 Budapest hippos, with the possibility this would create of a parallel history of Central Europe seen through the endurance of one brave African artiodactyl family."
— Simon Winder, Danubia (2013)
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Etymology
A learned borrowing from the taxonomic name Artiodactyla, from Ancient Greek ἄρτιος (ártios, “even”) and δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger, toe”).
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"artiodactyl" (noun) means a hoofed mammal, such as a pig, sheep, deer or cow, that has an even number of toes on each foot.
