Meanings
alternative clovenfooted
- not comparableHaving the foot divided into parts; cloven-hoofed; fissiped.
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.
Synonyms: cleft-footed
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving the foot divided into parts; cloven-hoofed; fissiped.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swine
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Origin
- Middle Englishclovefote
- Englishcloven-footed
From Middle English clovefote, from cloven + foot + -ed.
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