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  • adjective of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla

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Examples

  • Grzimek writes, “In a certain sense, this double digestion is reminiscent of the rumination of artiodactyls even-toed hoofed animals.”

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Grzimek writes, “In a certain sense, this double digestion is reminiscent of the rumination of artiodactyls even-toed hoofed animals.”

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Grzimek writes, “In a certain sense, this double digestion is reminiscent of the rumination of artiodactyls even-toed hoofed animals.”

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Grzimek writes, “In a certain sense, this double digestion is reminiscent of the rumination of artiodactyls even-toed hoofed animals.”

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Not only are whales related to cows, but they are in fact close relatives of hippos, all in the group of even-toed ungulates, Artiodactyla.

    Letters to the Editor 2006

  • Not only are whales related to cows, but they are in fact close relatives of hippos, all in the group of even-toed ungulates, Artiodactyla.

    Letters to the Editor 2006

  • The result is that deer, hippos, and other even-toed ungulates “are especially susceptible of reaching the limit of their food supply resulting in malnutrition and stunting of the young.”

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • The result is that deer, hippos, and other even-toed ungulates “are especially susceptible of reaching the limit of their food supply resulting in malnutrition and stunting of the young.”

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • The fossil deer of North America, as well as many other even-toed members of the group of mammalia possessing hoofs, provide the same kind of conclusive evidence.

    The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Henry Edward Crampton

  • Among the even-toed forms the hippopotamus has four which reach the ground, with a vestige of a fifth, so this animal has apparently descended from a typical mammal with the full number along a different line from that taken by the odd-toed forms.

    The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Henry Edward Crampton

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