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Definition of Hoofless
1. a. Destitute of hoofs.
Definition of Hoofless
1. Adjective. Without hooves. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hoofless
1. lacking hooves [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoofless
Literary usage of Hoofless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Prairie: A Tale by James Fenimore Cooper (1898)
"... have left him as hoofless as a beaver ! " He was yet speaking, when the whole
body of the terrified animals rose the little acclivity, and swept by the ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"Speaking of the Egyptian Desert, near the Pyramids, he says— " And hoofless
camels, in long single line, Troop on, with foreheads level to the sky. ..."
3. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1864)
"... that it was hoofed; there is nothing in the form and structure of the tooth
to prove that Both form and structure are compatible with the hoofless ..."
4. Wild Animals I Have Known: And 200 Drawings by Ernest Thompson Seton (1912)
"... was hornless, hoofless, and had scarcely any tail at all. In truth the Cottontail
had never harmed a ..."
5. A Selection of Leading Cases on Various Branches of the Law: With Notes by John William Smith (1842)
"... whereby the said George Bagster and Nathaniel Taylor appointed Richard Travers
their attorney, to take admittance of the said tenements called hoofless ..."
6. The Fortnightly Review (1880)
"Splitting up first into sundry primary groups of hoofed and hoofless creatures,
it shortly produced all the various races of ruminants, horses, elephants, ..."
7. Works by James Fenimore Cooper (1892)
"They have robbed the squatter of his beasts!" said the attentive trapper.
"The reptiles have left him as hoofless as a beaver!" He was yot speaking, ..."
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