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Cloven-hoofed

adjective
1.
Of or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swine.  Synonym: cloven-footed.






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... and that in the case of any additional properties, however uniformly found to accompany these, it remains possible that a thing which did not possess the properties might still be thought entitled to the name. Ruminant, according to Mr. Bain's use of language, connotes cloven-hoofed, since the two properties are always found together, and no connection has ever been discovered between them: but ruminant does not mean cloven-hoofed; and were an animal to be discovered which chews the cud, but has ...
— A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive • John Stuart Mill



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