split hooves
Hoofed but bifurcated
Split hooves are hooves divided into two distinct toes, as found on cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and deer.
The feature defines the order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates).
In biblical dietary law, animals must both have split hooves and chew cud to be considered clean—which is why pigs, though cloven-hoofed, are forbidden.
- clovenDivided into two parts
- ungulateMammal with hooves
- pigDomesticated swine for meat
- deerAntlered hoofed mammal
- goatHorned, bearded livestock
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- antelope featureshorns, legs, eyes, ears, tail
- kosher animalskosher, kosher animals, clean animals, chewing cud, fins and scales
- Kashrutkosher, kosher certification, kashering, pareve, shechita