hooves
a plural of hoof.
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How to use hooves in a sentence
The beasts are huge, hulking, fast and unpredictable—tons of muscle, horn and thundering hooves.
The hooves are sawn off, followed by the head, from which the tongue is removed.
Jamie McFadden reminds us of the classic Louis C.K. rant about "rats with hooves," also known as deer.
Deer Are a Menace and We Shouldn't Feel Bad About Killing Them | Justin Green | March 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut "hooves" is a better symbol for the context of the sentence.
At one stage he even sampled a local delicacy, cow foot soup, made from the hooves of cattle.
She released it and flung herself backward to dodge the flying hooves.
Space Prison | Tom GodwinThen there came a low and muffled drumming, like the pounding of thousands of hooves.
Space Prison | Tom GodwinThe answer came in a savage, squealing scream and the pound of cloven hooves.
Space Prison | Tom GodwinThen she saw the book, knocked to one side by the unicorn's hooves.
Space Prison | Tom GodwinThen he stamped on the ground with his hooves, lifted his head high and neighed three times.
The King of Ireland's Son | Padraic Colum
British Dictionary definitions for hooves
/ (huːvz) /
a plural of hoof
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