cloven
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Foot and mouth disease is a highly contagious virus that affects cloven hooved animals.
From Reuters • Jul. 20, 2022
The name of a police officer who supposedly investigated the cloven footprints in the snow was made up.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 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
In his short story “Ordeal by Golf,” the narrator declares, “In no other walk of life does the cloven hoof so quickly display itself.”
From The New Yorker • Apr. 3, 2019
Here and there old trees had been cut or broken down, and large rocks cloven or heaved aside to make a way.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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The Lightning Thief
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