ARTIODACTYLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Artiodactyla mean? 

• ARTIODACTYLA (noun)
  The noun ARTIODACTYLA has 1 sense:

1. an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes

  Familiarity information: ARTIODACTYLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTIODACTYLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Artiodactyla; order Artiodactyla

Hypernyms ("Artiodactyla" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Artiodactyla"):

artiodactyl; artiodactyl mammal; even-toed ungulate (placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot)

family Suidae; Suidae (pigs; hogs; boars)

family Tayassuidae; Tayassuidae (peccaries)

family Hippopotamidae; Hippopotamidae (hippopotami)

Ruminantia; suborder Ruminantia (cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels)

Camelidae; family Camelidae (camels and llamas and vicunas)

Holonyms ("Artiodactyla" is a member of...):

Eutheria; subclass Eutheria (all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)

Derivation:

artiodactylous (of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla)