cloven hoof

1. A divided or cleft hoof, as in deer or cattle. Also called cloven foot.

2. Evil or Satan, often depicted as a figure with cleft hooves.

cloven hoof, foot

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the divided hoof of a pig, goat, cow, deer, or related animal, which consists of the two middle digits of the foot

2. the mark or symbol of Satan

cloven-hoofed , cloven-footed adj

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Noun	1.	cloven hoof - the mark of Satan cloven foot stigma, stain, brand, mark - a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis
	2.	cloven hoof - a hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine) cloven foot hoof - the foot of an ungulate mammal

Translations

cloven hoof [ˌkləʊvnˈhuːf] N → pata f hendida

cloven hoof

n → Huf m → der Paarhufer or -zeher; (of devil) → Pferdefuß m; pigs have cloven hooves → Schweine sind Paarzeher

cloven hoof n → zoccolo fesso

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Then the woman has not a cloven hoof for her dairy, or her loom, and I believe even the grunters, foot sore as they be, are ploughing the prairie.

The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context

For a moment the bull stood bellowing and quivering with pain and rage, its cloven hoofs widespread, its tail lashing viciously from side to side, and then, in a mad orgy of bucking it went careening about the arena in frenzied attempt to unseat its rending rider.

At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context