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cloven-footed

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having the foot divided into parts; cloven-hoofed; fissiped.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1966, Claude Lévi-Strauss, The Savage Mind, translator not credited, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, p. 99, The Buffalo clan may not skin any cloven-footed animal nor look at these animals while they are dying.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cleft-footed

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cloven-hoofed

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English clovefote, from cloven + foot + -ed.