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Meanings of artiodactyl in английском

португальский
artiodátilo
испанский
artiodáctilo

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

        Related terms
        artiodátilo
        португальский
        artiodátilo
        каталонский
        artiodàctil
        испанский
        artiodáctilo

        Placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot.

            artiodátilo
            Usage of artiodactyl in английском
            1
            In the Miocene the evolution of the two-toed artiodactyl foot was well-nigh completed.
            The Elements of Geology
            2
            One leading to the existing perissodactyl foot, and the other, apparently later, resulting in the artiodactyl type.
            Darwin, and After Darwin, Volumes 1 and 3 / An Exposition of the...
            3
            As it turned out, whales were not only more closely-related to artiodactyls than to the mesonychids.
            Wired
            4
            They actually are artiodactyls.
            Wired
            5
            Biomolecular and genetic studies repeatedly found that whales were most closely related to the group of hoofed mammals called artiodactyls, particularly hippos.
            Wired
            6
            The pig is an obvious choice due to its economic and medical importance as well as its evolutionary position in the artiodactyls.
            Pubmed
            7
            The Artiodactyl group must have quickly branched in turn, as we find very primitive hogs and camels before the end of the Eocene.
            The Story of Evolution
            Translations for artiodactyl
            испанский
            artiodáctilo
            каталонский
            artiodàctil
            Artiodactyl through the time