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cloven-hoofed
[ kloh-vuhn-hooft, -hooft ]
adjective
- having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
- devilish; Satanic.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cloven-hoofed1
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Example Sentences
The great cloven-hoofed with hollow horns, for the ox is found in America, under the form of the bison.
The large cloven-hoofed with hollow horns, as the ox and the buffalo, with their varieties.
The small cloven-hoofed beasts with hollow horns; for sheep, goats, gazelles, or antelopes existed in America.
The cloven-hoofed horse gave one shrill neigh, and one convulsion, and fell back dead.
And nearer, you could also see a cloven-hoofed faun who had surprised her thus.
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