artiodactyl

English

artiodactyls

Etymology

From scientific Latin Artiodactyla (suborder name), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἄρτιος (ártios, “even”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger, toe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑːtɪəʊˈdaktɪl/

Noun

artiodactyl (plural artiodactyls)

1. (zoology) Any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla, including pigs, sheep, deer, cattle, and most grazing animals. [from 19th c.]
   • 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador 2014, p. 397:

     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.

Translations

any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes

• Bulgarian: Чифтокопитен n (Čiftokopiten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偶蹄目 (zh) (ǒutímù)

• Finnish: sorkkaeläin
• French: artiodactyle (fr) m
• German: Paarhufer (de) m, Paarzeher m, paarzehiges Huftier n
• Icelandic: klaufdýr n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: artiodattilo (it) m
• Japanese: 偶蹄目 (ja) (ぐうていもく, gūteimoku), ウシ目 (ja) (ushi-moku)
• Malay: artiodaktil
• Polish: parzystokopytne (pl) n
• Portuguese: artiodáctilo m
• Romanian: artiodactil (ro) n
• Russian: парнокопы́тное (ru) n (parnokopýtnoje)

See also

• perissodactyl