CLOVEN FOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cloven foot mean? 

• CLOVEN FOOT (noun)
  The noun CLOVEN FOOT has 2 senses:

1. the mark of Satan

2. a hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine)

  Familiarity information: CLOVEN FOOT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOVEN FOOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The mark of Satan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

cloven foot; cloven hoof

Hypernyms ("cloven foot" is a kind of...):

brand; mark; stain; stigma (a symbol of disgrace or infamy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cloven foot; cloven hoof

Hypernyms ("cloven foot" is a kind of...):

hoof (the foot of an ungulate mammal)

 Context examples 

They are for the use of horses, but they are shaped below with a cloven foot of iron, so as to throw pursuers off the track.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)