split hoof
Pig's foot type
A split hoof is a hoof divided into two toes, as found on cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and deer.
The term appears most often in religious contexts—Leviticus declares animals with split hooves that also chew cud to be clean for eating.
Pigs have split hooves but don't chew cud, hence their prohibition in Jewish and Islamic dietary law.
- clovenDivided into two parts
- ungulateMammal with hooves
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- goatHorned, bearded livestock
deer · kosher · ruminant · chewing cud · cud · livestock · farm animal · herd · pasture · trotters · swine · antelope · grazing · bovine · porcine · cleft · divided · lamb