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Meanings of artiodactyla in English

Russian
парнокопытное
Portuguese
artiodátilo
Spanish
artiodactilo
Catalan
animal amb peülla
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Order of mammals.

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    парнокопытное
    Catalan
    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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          Usage of artiodactyla in English
          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