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

Here Wallis's people saw a large cloven-footed animal, which they described to be as "big as a jack-ass."

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert