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hooves

American  
[hoovz, hoovz] / hʊvz, huvz /

noun

  1. a plural of hoof.


hooves British  
/ huːvz /

noun

  1. a plural of hoof

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Earth, grass, and flowers scattered beneath her hooves.

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There were boys with tiny horns jutting from their foreheads and hooves instead of feet.

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Its coat was darkest purple, and its hooves were yellow, stained and callused and cracking.

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The audience applauded Akira as she left the stage, and this time it sounded less like the roar of a distant fire and more like the steady, reassuring thunder of horses’ hooves.

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I liked the way the horses’ hooves sounded as they trotted down the bright streets.

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