cloven-footed

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cloven-footed

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

adjective clovenfooted

not comparable Having 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.
Similar: cleft-footed

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@misc{cloven_footed_2026,
  title = {cloven-footed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cloven-footed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}