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cloven hoof

(also cloven foot)
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Definition of cloven hoof

noun

  • the divided hoof or foot of ruminants such as cattle, sheep, goats, and deer.
  • a cloven hoof ascribed to a satyr, the god Pan, or to the Devil, sometimes used as a symbol or mark of the latter: figurativesometimes he shows the cloven hoof of the chanson writer

Derivatives

cloven-footed

adjective

cloven-hoofed

Pronunciation: /-ˈhuːft/

adjective

cloven hoof in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of cloven hoof in the US English dictionary