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bisulcate

American  
[bahy-suhl-keyt] / baɪˈsʌl keɪt /

adjective

  1. with two grooves.

  2. cloven-hoofed.

bisulcate British  
/ baɪˈsʌlˌkeɪt /

adjective

  1. marked by two grooves

  2. zoology

    1. cleft or cloven, as a hoof

    2. having cloven hoofs

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Etymology

Origin of bisulcate

1825–35; < Latin bisulc ( us ) two-furrowed, cloven ( bi- 1, sulcus ) + -ate 1

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Tracks of the Anoplotherium with its bisulcate hoof, and the trilobed footprints of Palaeotherium, were seen of different sizes, corresponding to those of several species of these genera which Cuvier had reconstructed, while in the same beds were foot-marks of carnivorous mammalia.

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