Word of the Day 03/04/24 Artiodactyl

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Artiodactyl (adjective, noun)
artiodactyl [ ahr-tee-oh-dak-til ]

adjective
1. Zoology. having an even number of toes or digits on each foot.

noun
2. a hoofed, even-toed mammal of the order Artiodactyla, comprising the pigs, hippopotamuses, camels, deer, giraffes, pronghorns, sheep, goats, antelope, and cattle.

Compare perissodactyl.

OTHER WORDS FROM ARTIODACTYL
ar·ti·o·dac·ty·lous, adjective

ORIGIN: From New Latin, dating back to 1840–50; see origin at artio-, dactyl

HOW TO USE ARTIODACTYL IN A SENTENCE
In the Miocene the evolution of the two-toed artiodactyl foot was well-nigh completed.
THE ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGY | WILLIAM HARMON NORTON

Or, to put it more definitely: hoofed animals are divided into two groups, even-toed (artiodactyl) and odd-toed (perissodactyl).
EVOLUTION | JOSEPH LE CONTE

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 | JOSEPH MCCABE

The great group is now usually divided into those that are odd-toed (Perissodactyl) and those that are even-toed (artiodactyl).
THE CHAIN OF LIFE IN GEOLOGICAL TIME | SIR J. WILLIAM DAWSON

One leading to the existing perissodactyl foot, and the other, apparently later, resulting in the artiodactyl type.
DARWIN, AND AFTER DARWIN (VOL. 1 AND 3, OF 3) | GEORGE JOHN ROMANES

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