artiodactyl

n. [动]偶蹄动物 a. 偶蹄动物的

发音

UK /ˌɑːtɪəʊˈdaktɪl/

词形变化

artiodactyls 复数 artiodactyls

别名

arteriodactyl artiodactyle

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla, including pigs, sheep, deer, cattle, and most grazing animals. In contrast, horses have an odd number of toes and as such are not Artiodactyla, but Perissodactyla.

    偶蹄目

    生物 动物学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

even-toed ungulate

上位词 1

ungulate

下位词 9

swine camel hippo llama hippopotamus peccary river horse ruminant vicuna

词源

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

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