偶蹄动物

偶蹄動物
ǒutí dòngwù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 even-toed ungulate
  2. 2 artiodactyl (Artiodactyla)

Examples

鹿偶蹄动物
Niú, zhū, lù dōu shì ǒutí dòngwù.
Cattle, pigs, and deer are all even-toed ungulates.
Ǒutí dòngwù měi zhī jiǎo yǒu liǎng gè huò sì gè jiǎozhǐ.
Even-toed ungulates have two or four toes on each foot.

Tips

usage
Contrast 偶蹄 (even-toed: cattle, pigs, sheep, deer, giraffes, camels) with 奇蹄 (odd-toed: horses, rhinos, tapirs). Modern cladistics folds cetaceans (whales/dolphins) into Artiodactyla as Cetartiodactyla, so whales are technically 偶蹄动物 too.

Stroke Order

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