| 单词 | artiodactyl |
| 释义 | artiodactyl (once / 656629 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY artiodactyl: artiodactyls USAGE EXAMPLESIt may come as a surprise that whales and dolphins, collectively called cetaceans, are most closely related to the hoofed animals called artiodactyls. The Guardian(Nov 29, 2016) Modern Artiodactyls include sheep, pigs, camels and giraffes, while today's Perissodactyls include horses, tapirs, rhinos and zebras. BBC(Oct 13, 2016) The Pronghorn or Pronghorn antelope* Antilocapra americana is a strikingly unique artiodactyl, endemic to western North America. Scientific American(Mar 25, 2014) 1n placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot swine stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals musk hog, peccarynocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America Hippopotamus amphibius, hippo, hippopotamus, river horsemassive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa ruminantany of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments camelcud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions llamawild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump Vicugna vicugna, vicunasmall wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller; valued for its fleecy undercoat pollarda usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed Sus scrofa, grunter, hog, pig, squealerdomestic swine boaran uncastrated male hog sowan adult female hog razorback, razorback hog, razorbacked hoga mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States Sus scrofa, boar, wild boarOld World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States Babyrousa Babyrussa, babiroussa, babirusa, babirussaIndonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth warthogAfrican wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks Peccari angulatus, Tayassu angulatus, Tayassu tajacu, collared peccary, javelinadark grey peccary with an indistinct white collar; of semi desert areas of Mexico and southwestern United States Tayassu pecari, white-lipped peccaryblackish peccary with whitish cheeks; larger than the collared peccary Chiacoan peccarya recently discovered large wild pig of Paraguay bovidhollow-horned ruminants American antelope, Antilocapra americana, prongbuck, pronghorn, pronghorn antelopefleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns cervid, deerdistinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers chevrotain, mouse deervery small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa Arabian camel, Camelus dromedarius, dromedaryone-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianustwo-humped camel of the cold deserts of central Asia Lama peruana, domestic llamaused in the Andes as a beast of burden and source of wool; considered a domesticated variety of the guanaco Lama guanicoe, guanacowild llama Lama pacos, alpacadomesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco Giraffa camelopardalis, camelopard, giraffetallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa hoofed mammal, ungulate any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically 2adj of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla Syn artiodactylous, even-toed |
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