fissiped

[fis-uh-ped]

noun

any member of the suborder Fissipedia, carnivorous mammals that have separate toes, as bears, badgers, dogs, cats, and raccoons.

adjective

of or pertaining to the Fissipedia.

cleft-footed or cloven-hoofed.

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Origin:
1640–50; < Late Latin fissiped- stem of fissipēs cloven-footed (see fissi-, -ped)

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fissiped or fissipedal (ˈfɪsɪˌpɛd, fɪˈsɪpɪd^əl, ˌfɪsɪˈpiːd^əl)

—*adj*
1.	having toes that are separated from one another, as dogs, cats, bears, and similar carnivores

—n
2.	a fissiped animal

fissipedal or fissipedal

—*adj*

—n

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