Definition of Artiodactila
||Ar`ti*o*dac"ty*la (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr.
Gr. &?; even + &?; finger or toe.] (Zoöl.) One of the
divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are
even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the
middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as
in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to
Perissodactyla.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Translingual
- a taxonomic order, within superorder Laurasiatheria - the even-toed ungulates
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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