偶蹄目

ǒutímù

noun

Meanings

1 Artiodactyla
2 even-toed ungulates (pigs, cattle, deer, giraffes, etc.)

Characters

even (number), pair

order (taxonomic)

Examples

偶蹄目动物的脚趾数为偶数。

Ǒutímù dòngwù de jiǎozhǐ shù wéi ǒushù.

Animals of Artiodactyla have an even number of toes.

牛、羊、猪和鹿都属于偶蹄目。

Niú, yáng, zhū hé lù dōu shǔyú ǒutímù.

Cattle, sheep, pigs and deer all belong to Artiodactyla.

Tips

usage

Pair with 奇蹄目 (Perissodactyla, odd-toed ungulates: horses, rhinos, tapirs). Modern phylogenetics now groups whales inside Artiodactyla (as 鲸偶蹄目), since whales descended from hoofed mammals.

Stroke Order

偶 ǒu

蹄 tí

目 mù