cloven-hoofed
Americanadjective
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having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
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devilish; Satanic.
Etymology
Origin of cloven-hoofed
First recorded in 1640–50
Example Sentences
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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.
From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2022
In cloven-hoofed animals, the disease can cause blisters and lesions that prevent animals from eating and in some cases cause lameness and death.
From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2022
Atlanta is, after all, famous for things like hip-hop and Coca-Cola, not cloven-hoofed mammals.
From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2018
More than half a million cattle, pigs and other cloven-hoofed animals have been culled in the past month, with vaccinations carried out on 313,000 animals.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2010
The cloven-hoofed horse gave one shrill neigh, and one convulsion, and fell back dead.
From The Lost Continent by Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright
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