Definitions

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  • adjective resembling a hoof.

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  • adjective Resembling a hoof.

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  • adjective resembling a hoof; especially having the horny texture of a hoof

Etymologies

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hoof +‎ -like

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Examples

  • She accessorized it with a snood, those hooflike shoes Lady Gaga has been wearing lately and some eccentric body jewelry she has been constructing herself.

    Cocktails at Sunset in Bridgehampton 2010

  • The horses in the play were very stylized and the actors playing the horses had to wear huge hooflike boots as well as horselike head gear that gave them an extra two feet of height.

    Full Frontal Nudity Harry Hamlin 2010

  • I also bought a sheet of black foam and cut out four hooflike shapes, which I attach to my wrists and ankles.

    THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE Adrienne Maria Vrettos 2010

  • I also bought a sheet of black foam and cut out four hooflike shapes, which I attach to my wrists and ankles.

    THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE Adrienne Maria Vrettos 2010

  • Finally, he saw Khorii's beloved two-toed hooflike feet, impossibly far away.

    First Warning McCaffrey, Anne 2005

  • Another ridge of curls tickled the back of her legs from knee to ankle, where her feet ended in two hard, hooflike toes.

    First Warning McCaffrey, Anne 2005

  • But his physical appearance repelled: the furry skin, the long snout in place of a nose, the hooflike hands, and beady eyes all seemed to denote a lesser intelligence.

    The Cry of the Onlies Judy Klass 2000

  • But his physical appearance repelled: the furry skin, the long snout in place of a nose, the hooflike hands, and beady eyes all seemed to denote a lesser intelligence.

    The Cry of the Onlies Judy Klass 2000

  • But his physical appearance repelled: the furry skin, the long snout in place of a nose, the hooflike hands, and beady eyes all seemed to denote a lesser intelligence.

    The Cry of the Onlies Judy Klass 2000

  • The legs are short, the forefeet have four "fingers," and the hindfeet have five small, hooflike "toes."

    15 Agouti 1991

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