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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.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having the toes separated to the base. [See aves.]
  • noun (Zoöl.) One of the Fissipedia.

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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  • 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