EVEN-TOED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does even-toed mean? 

• EVEN-TOED (adjective)
  The adjective EVEN-TOED has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla

  Familiarity information: EVEN-TOED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EVEN-TOED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

artiodactyl; artiodactylous; even-toed

Domain category:

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

Pertainym:

order Artiodactyla (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)

 Context examples 

The taxonomic order of mammals that includes even-toed ungulates such as pigs, cows, goats and sheep.

(Artiodactyla, NCI Thesaurus)