cloven
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8.3
- adjective
- /ˈkloʊvən/
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hendido
- She explained that animals like deer have cloven hooves, making them unique among wildlife.
- cloven hooves
And part of that lure is that they have a cloven feet, and they have a really terrible smell, like sulfur.
- And part of that lure is that they have a cloven feet, and they have a really terrible smell, like sulfur.
Examples
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Her cloven hooves grew longer and curved, and split further, until she had four claws on each foot.
Fiction book (1993) -
On the clayey bank were the embossings of hoofprints and, mixed in, the cloven markings of deer tracks.
Fiction book (1997) -
Here, see, at the edge of this cloven hoof?
Fiction book (2000) -
Its feet are cloven hooves.
Fiction book (1990) -
Like many people, he had envisaged horns, a tail, and cloven hooves.
Fiction book (2000) -
His cloven hooves!
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A cloven hoof.
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Minotaurs are cloven-hoofed creatures of mythological origin.
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Goats, concupiscent animals with cloven hooves, separated from sheep allegorically in the Bible, are routinely associated with the devil.
Academic text (1999) -
It printed the grass of an emerald meadow with its cloven hooves and knelt beside a tainted fountain.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
12
6.3
Divided into two parts along a natural line like a chin or the roof of the mouth
1
4.0
Having hard feet like those of horses or cows
1
6.4
With hooves split into two parts like cows or goats
Hooves split into two parts, like those of cows or goats
Having feet with hooves split into two toes, like a cow or goat
An animal with hard feet like a cow or horse
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cloven comes from an old verb cleave, which means 'to split', and you can see the same idea in the word cleft. So a cloven hoof is a hoof that is 'split' into two parts.