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cloven hoofs

cloven hoofs is the plural of cloven hoof.

Meaning of cloven hoof

Noun

cloven hoof (plural cloven hooves or cloven hoofs)

  1. A divided hoof, as on bovine animals.
    • 6. Chileſe Horſe.—1. Equus biſulcus. 6. / Has cloven hoofs. Molin. hiſt. nat. Chil. 284. / Inhabits South America.—This obſcure quadruped, which is only mentioned by Molina, frequents the precipitous and rocky mountains of the Andes or Cordellieras; in ſize, number and arrangement of teeth, and in...1792, Robert Kerr, The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System, of the Celebrated Sir Charles Linnæus. Class I. Mammalia: […], Edinburgh: […] A[ndrew] Strahan, and T[homas] Cadell, London; and W[illiam]...
    Synonyms:
    cleft hoof, cloven foot
  2. The mark of the Devil.
    • Children of the cloven hooves / Bathe the cross in your father's blood2020, “Seeing God”, performed by The Acacia Strain and Aaron Heard

Forms of cloven hoofs

alternative formcloven hooves

Questions about cloven hoofs

What is cloven hoofs the plural of?
Cloven hoofs is the plural of cloven hoof.

Words near cloven hoofs in the dictionary

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

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