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cloven hooves

cloven hooves 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 hooves

alternative formcloven hoofs

Questions about cloven hooves

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

Words near cloven hooves in the dictionary

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

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