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Meanings of Artiodactyla in anglès

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парнокопытное
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artiodátilo
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artiodactilo
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animal amb peülla
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Order of mammals.

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    artiodàctils

    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.

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          Examples for "artiodactyls"
          Examples for "artiodactyls"
          1
          As it turned out, whales were not only more closely-related to artiodactyls than to the mesonychids.
          Wired
          2
          They actually are artiodactyls.
          Wired
          3
          Biomolecular and genetic studies repeatedly found that whales were most closely related to the group of hoofed mammals called artiodactyls, particularly hippos.
          Wired
          4
          The pig is an obvious choice due to its economic and medical importance as well as its evolutionary position in the artiodactyls.
          Pubmed
          1
          More than 200 species of mammal are distinguished by possession of hooves, known as ungulates, and are divided into two orders, even-toed and odd-toed ungulates.
          The Irish Times
          Usage of Artiodactyla in anglès
          1
          In the Artiodactyla the stomach is always complex, the complexity reaching a maximum in ruminating forms.
          The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
          2
          These differ materially from the foregoing section of the Artiodactyla by the construction of their digestive organs.
          Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon