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Meaning of "artiodactyl" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ARTIODACTYL

From New Latin artiodactylus, from Greek ártios even + daktulos digit.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ARTIODACTYL

artiodactyl  [ˌɑːtɪəʊˈdæktɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARTIODACTYL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Artiodactyl can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ARTIODACTYL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

artiodactyl

Even-toed ungulate

The even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla) are ungulates (hoofed animals) whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in odd-toed ungulates (perissodactyls), such as horses. Artiodactyla comes from (Greek: ἄρτιος (ártios), "even", and δάκτυλος (dáktylos), "finger/toe"), so the name "even-toed" is a translation of the description. This group includes pigs, peccaries, hippopotamuses, camels, llamas, chevrotains (mouse deer), deer, giraffes, pronghorn, antelopes, sheep, goats, and cattle. The group excludes whales (Cetacea) even though DNA sequence data indicate that they share a common ancestor, making the group paraphyletic. The phylogenetically accurate group is Cetartiodactyla (from Cetacea + Artiodactyla). There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great dietary, economic, and cultural importance to humans. A further distinguishing feature of the group is the shape of the astragalus (talus), a bone in the ankle joint, which has a double-pulley structure. This gives the foot greater flexibility.

Definition of artiodactyl in the English dictionary

The definition of artiodactyl in the dictionary is any placental mammal of the order Artiodactyla, having hooves with an even number of toes; an even-toed ungulate. The order includes pigs, hippopotamuses, camels, deer, cattle, and antelopes. Other definition of artiodactyl is of, relating to, or belonging to the order Artiodactyla.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARTIODACTYL


anisodactyl
ænˌaɪsəʊˈdæktɪl
brachydactyl
ˌbrækɪˈdæktɪl
dactyl
ˈdæktɪl
didactyl
daɪˈdæktɪl
heterodactyl
ˌhɛtərəʊˈdæktɪl
hyperdactyl
ˌhaɪpəˈdæktɪl
Largactil
ˌlɑːˈɡæktɪl
leptodactyl
ˌlɛptəʊˈdæktɪl
macrodactyl
ˌmækrəʊˈdæktɪl
octyl
ˈɒktɪl
pachydactyl
ˌpækɪˈdæktɪl
pentadactyl
ˌpɛntəˈdæktɪl
pentadactyle
ˌpɛntəˈdæktɪl
perissodactyl
pəˌrɪsəʊˈdæktɪl
polydactyl
ˌpɒlɪˈdæktɪl
pterodactyl
ˌtɛrəˈdæktɪl
syndactyl
sɪnˈdæktɪl
tetradactyl
ˌtɛtrəˈdæktɪl
zygodactyl
ˌzaɪɡəʊˈdæktɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARTIODACTYL

artificially
artificialness
Artigas
artillerist
artillery
artillery plant
artilleryman
artillerymen
artily
artiness
artiodactylous
artisan
artisanal
artisanship
artist
artiste
artistic
artistic director
artistical
artistically

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARTIODACTYL

acetyl
baetyl
biacetyl
butyl
cetyl
diacetyl
dibutyl
dicotyl
epicotyl
hypocotyl
pentyl
protyl
tridactyl
trotyl

Synonyms and antonyms of artiodactyl in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «artiodactyl» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARTIODACTYL

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The translations of artiodactyl from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «artiodactyl» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

偶蹄动物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

artiodactyl
570 millions of speakers

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artiodactyl
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Translator English - Hindi

artiodactyl
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Translator English - Arabic

artiodactyl
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Парнокопытные
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Translator English - Portuguese

artiodactyl
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Translator English - Bengali

artiodactyl
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Translator English - French

artiodactyl
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Artiodactyl
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Translator English - German

artiodactyl
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Translator English - Japanese

偶蹄目の
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Translator English - Korean

줄 우제류 눈
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Translator English - Javanese

Artiodactyl
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Translator English - Vietnamese

artiodactyl
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Translator English - Tamil

கால்களில் இரட்டைப்படை விரல்கள் உடைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आर्टिडायक्टाइल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geviş getiren
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

artiodactyl
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

parzystokopytnych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

парнокопитні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

artiodactyl
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

αρτιοδακτύλων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

artiodactyl
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

artiodactyl
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Artiodactyl
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of artiodactyl

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARTIODACTYL»

The term «artiodactyl» is normally little used and occupies the 139.024 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARTIODACTYL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about artiodactyl

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARTIODACTYL»

Discover the use of artiodactyl in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to artiodactyl and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Integrating Zooarchaeology and Paleoethnobotany: A ...
They test this possibility by correlating artiodactyl consumption with consumption of plants from the following genera, all of which are high in Iron and Vitamin C: Amaranthus, Chenopodium, Artemesia, Portulaca, Solanum, Sphaeralcea, and ...
Amber VanDerwarker, Tanya M. Peres, 2010
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The Evolution of Artiodactyls
Large-scale phylogenetic analyses by both molecular biologists and functional morphologists are providing greater and greater resolution of the artiodactyl “tree of life.” It was 57 years ago that molecular systematists looked at molecular ...
Donald R. Prothero, Scott E. Foss, 2007
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Farmers as Hunters: The Implications of Sedentism
The representation of artiodactyl body parts through time at Ventana Cave was also examined for the purpose of assessing the effect of potential increased transport costs associated with sedentism. This analysis yielded inconclusive results.
Susan Kent, 1989
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Resource Depression and Intensification During the Late ...
The apparent decline in subadults across the bottom five strata is not significant ( rs = -.342, P > .20). This ratio of subadult to adult artiodactyls is not correlated with the artiodactyl sample sizes across these strata (rs = -.076 , P > .70). Figures  ...
Jack M Broughton, 1999
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Late Quaternary Paleoecology in the Bonneville Basin
(cal B.P.)* Material XVII 1020±40 925-961 Beta 101877 30 g artiodactyl pellets XVI 1200±50 1058-1216 Beta 66940 charcoal XIV 2850±50 2873-3056 Beta 103692 30 g artiodactyl pellets XIII 3480±40 3689-3328 Beta 101878 30 g artiodactyl ...
David B. Madsen, 2000
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The Great Basin: A Natural Prehistory
At Danger, Camels Back, and Hogup caves, they note, the number of artiodactyl teeth and bones in late Holocene strata greatly outnumber those in earlier ones, which is decidedly true, although Hogup barely reaches back to the early ...
Donald K. Grayson, 2011
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Resource Stress and Settlement Pattern Change in the Eastern ...
Artiodactyl relative abundance is often assessed using an artiodactyl index, calculated as the ratio of all artiodactyl specimens relative to the total of all artiodactyl specimens plus all lagomorph specimens (Cannon 2000, 2001; Szuter and ...
Karen Gust Schollmeyer, 2009
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United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
The crania of the Oligocene Artiodactyla also possess some details of structure which add to the body of knowledge from which, in turn, can be derived a partial understanding of the interrelationships of the various artiodactyl families and ...
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
The crania of the Oligocene Artiodactyla also possess some details of structure which add to the body of knowledge from which, in turn, can be derived a partial understanding of the interrelationships of the various artiodactyl families and ...
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The Emergence of Whales: Evolutionary Patterns in the Origin ...
Evolutionary Patterns in the Origin of Cetacea J.G.M. Thewissen. Geisler and Luo , this volume). In the present study we analyzed phylogenetically cetacean and artiodactyl ot-lactalbumin sequences to test the artiodactyl paraphyly hypothesis.
J.G.M. Thewissen, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARTIODACTYL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term artiodactyl is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hippos and Whales are Genetic Cousins, New Study Shows
Anthracotheriidae, to which anthracotheres belongs, is a family of extinct, hippopotamus-like artiodactyl ungulates related to hippopotamuses ... «Yibada, Feb 15»
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Antibodies of llamas can counteract HIV: Experts
The llama is a domestic artiodactyl mammal of the camelidae family, abundant in Puna or the Andes high plains of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, ... «Business Standard, Dec 14»
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Confrontational behaviour and bipedality in deer
... its anatomical peculiarities also help show which features are advantageous for a bipedal artiodactyl and would (presumably) be selected for ... «Scientific American, Dec 14»
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South America's very many remarkable deer
New late Miocene dromomerycine artiodactyl from the Amazon Basin: implications for interchange dynamics. Journal of Paleontology 88, ... «Scientific American, Nov 14»
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Flowering Narcissus
First, the artiodactyl ungulates were a welcome cameo in Hollywood Park. Naturally. They gave residents the same momentary thrill as spotting ... «Harvard Crimson, Jul 14»
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The real Jungle Book
Ungulates are grouped as Artiodactyl and Perissodactyl depending on whether they are even-toed or odd-toed. Hares, rabbits and Pikas are ... «Mid-Day, Jul 14»
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Choeropotamids — better known than you thought, perhaps
Let's face it, there's an extraordinary number of fairly obscure Paleogene artiodactyl groups that are only familiar if you're a specialist. «Scientific American, Jul 14»
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The Pronghorn Antelope: Designed by Committee
The Pronghorn or Pronghorn antelope* Antilocapra americana is a strikingly unique artiodactyl, endemic to western North America. Historically ... «Scientific American, Mar 14»
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Traces Of The Prehistoric Past: Fossilized Tracks At White Sands …
... (mammoth) footprints along with associated camelid (camel-like), undetermined artiodactyl, and large and small carnivore tracks. «National Parks Traveler, Feb 14»
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The Sound of Things Falling
While in the press and on the TV screens the authorities listed the diseases that could be spread by an artiodactyl — and they used that word: ... «NPR, Jul 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Artiodactyl [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/artiodactyl>. May 2024 ».
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