cloven hoof

noun
the figurative indication of Satan or evil temptation.
Also called cloven foot.
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cloven hoof or cloven foot
 
n
1.  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 foot or cloven foot
 
n
 
cloven-'hoofed or cloven foot
 
adj
 
cloven-'footed or cloven foot
 
adj

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Cloven hoof is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
He has one peg leg and the other with a cloven hoof.
His feet are a blend of the camel's two-toed conjoined footpad and the
  guanaco's cloven hoof.
First he found your cloven hoof and now he is worried about your tin foil hat.
Moose often follow these shores, leaving deep cloven hoof prints.
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