artiodactylous

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsartiodactyleven-toed

   zoology

Questions about artiodactylous

What does artiodactylous mean?

artiodactylous means "of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla".

How many syllables are in artiodactylous?

artiodactylous has 6 syllables: ar-ti-o-dac-ty-lous. The stress falls on "dac".

What is another word for artiodactylous?

Close synonyms include artiodactyl, even-toed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is artiodactylous a common word?

artiodactylous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.