||Ar`ti*o*dac"ty*la (&?;), n.
pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; even + &?; finger or toe.] (Zoöl.) One of the
divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot
are even in
number, and the third digit of each
foot (corresponding to the middle
finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla.
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