cloven-footed
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Foot-and-mouth disease is an acute, highly contagious viral disease of cloven-footed animals that is sometimes transmitted to humans.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023
Maison Margiela is perhaps best known for its $1,000-plus Tabi boots that render the wearer a cloven-footed monstrosity prancing through the streets like some kind of trust-fund Mr. Tumnus.
From Slate • Jan. 9, 2020
A hulking mass of muscle, milky fur and sharpened senses, this majestic Akbash dog with imposing height, and his sister Simple, are tasked with guarding Mr Francis' 3.5-acre farm and its 150 cloven-footed residents.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2019
Foot-&-mouth disease is an acute, highly communicable disease, chiefly of cloven-footed animals.
From Time Magazine Archive
The skin of cloven-footed birds is unwholsome; of whole-footed birds wholesome, because the water washes all corruption out of ’em.
From Early English Meals and Manners by Furnivall, Frederick James
