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even-toed ungulate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.82 in modern English

Syllables
even--toed un-gu-late
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any mammal in the order Artiodactyla, including camels, pigs and ruminants such as deer, cattle, goats, sheep and antelopes; as well as, in recent years, cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises).

Etymology

From even-toed (as a translation of the taxonomic name, translingual Artiodactyla, from Ancient Greek ἄρτιος (ártios, “even in number”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “toe”)) + ungulate.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

even-toed ungulates (plural)

Synonyms

artiodactyl cetartiodactyl artiodactyl mammal

Questions

What does even-toed ungulate mean?
Any mammal in the order Artiodactyla, including camels, pigs and ruminants such as deer, cattle, goats, sheep and antelopes; as well as, in recent years, cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises).
Where does even-toed ungulate come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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