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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the toes separated from one another, as in the feet of certain mammals.
- noun A mammal, such as a bear, dog, or cat, that has such toes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Cloven-footed; having the toes cleft.
- Specifically, of or pertaining to the Fissipedia.
- noun A fissiped animal; specifically, one of the Fissipedia: opposed to pinniped.
- noun Also written
fissipede .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the Fissipedia.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having the toes separated to the base. [See
aves .]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the
toes separated from each other - noun An
animal that has such toes
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun terrestrial carnivores; having toes separated to the base: dogs; cats; bears; badgers; raccoons
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reesetee commented on the word fissiped
Having the toes separated from one another, as in the feet of certain carnivorous mammals; a carnivorous mammal, such as a bear, dog, or cat, that has such toes.
June 8, 2007