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CLOVEN-HOOFED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cloven-hoofed mean?
• CLOVEN-HOOFED (adjective)
The adjective CLOVEN-HOOFED has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swine
Familiarity information: CLOVEN-HOOFED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swine
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
cloven-footed; cloven-hoofed
Pertainym:
cloven hoof (a hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine))
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