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cloven-footed

cloven-footed adjective: having the foot divided into parts; cloven-hoofed; fissiped.

Adjective

cloven-footed (not comparable)

  1. Having the foot divided into parts; cloven-hoofed; fissiped.
    • The Buffalo clan may not skin any cloven-footed animal nor look at these animals while they are dying.1966, Claude Lévi-Strauss, The Savage Mind, translator not credited, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, p. 99
    Synonyms:
    cleft-footed

Synonyms of cloven-footed

  • cleft-footed

Forms of cloven-footed

alternative formclovenfooted

Origin of cloven-footed

From Middle English clovefote, from cloven + foot + -ed.

Questions about cloven-footed

What does cloven-footed mean?
Cloven-footed means having the foot divided into parts; cloven-hoofed; fissiped.
What part of speech is cloven-footed?
Cloven-footed is an adjective.

Words near cloven-footed in the dictionary

  1. cloven feet
  2. cloven foot
  3. cloven hoof
  4. cloven hoofs
  5. cloven hooves
  6. cloven-footed
  7. cloven-hoofed
  8. cloven-hooved
  9. clovene
  10. Clovenfords
  11. clovenness

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