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Definition of Even-toed ungulate
1. Noun. Placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot.
Generic synonyms: Hoofed Mammal, Ungulate
Group relationships: Artiodactyla, Order Artiodactyla
Specialized synonyms: Swine, Musk Hog, Peccary, Hippo, Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus Amphibius, River Horse, Ruminant, Camel, Llama, Vicugna Vicugna, Vicuna
Antonyms: Odd-toed Ungulate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Even-toed Ungulate
Literary usage of Even-toed ungulate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"... very near to the intermediate types of even- toed ungulate which connect the
Pig and the Camel groups with the Pecora (deer, giraffes, antelopes, oxen, ..."
2. Phases of Animal Life, Past and Present by Richard Lydekker (1892)
"The bones of the outer metacarpals are represented the foot, or meta- the upper
part of merely by splints at the upper end of even-toed ungulate this ..."
3. The Journal of Science by Calcutta Asiatic Society (1885)
"... but are the lateral toes of the fore foot of an even-toed ungulate akin to
the hippopotamus. MA Cornu (" Comptes Rendus ") finds |that in the ..."
4. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson (1898)
"It was an even-toed ungulate, about the size of a sheep, having e wine characteristics
on one hand, ..."
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