cloven
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Foot and mouth disease is a highly contagious virus that affects cloven hooved animals.
From Reuters ● Jul. 20, 2022
“Luckenbooth” starts in 1910 and creeps across the 20th century on cloven feet.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021
The plant’s long, slender leaves are cloven at the top and tapered at the tip, like an exaggerated cartoon heart.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2019
“And in their most unmitigable rage into a cloven pine, within which rift imprisoned he didst painfully—”
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 8, 2019
Each monster was about the size of a cow, with a bowed back like a broken-down horse, matted gray fur, skinny legs, and black cloven hooves.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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