cloven-hoofed

Also clo·ven-foot·ed

[kloh-vuhn-hooft, -hooft]

adjective

1. having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.

2. devilish; Satanic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cloven-hoofed¹

First recorded in 1640–50

Example Sentences

It affects cattle, sheep, pigs and, according to the government, "other cloven-hoofed animals such as wild boar, deer, llamas and alpacas".

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While there is no risk to humans or food safety, foot-and-mouth is highly contagious in pigs, sheep and cattle, as well as other cloven-hoofed animals.

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Foot and mouth disease is highly transmissible and causes lesions and lameness in cattle, sheep, goats and other cloven-hoofed animals, but does not affect humans.

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Last December, Ms. Miller tweeted a picture of a cloven-hoofed sculpture that the Satanic Temple, a self-described nontheistic religious group, had installed near a Christmas tree and Nativity scene inside the Illinois State Capitol.

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FMD is highly transmissible and causes lesions and lameness in cattle, sheep, goats and other cloven-hoofed animals, but does not affect humans.

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