Definition of Soliped

1. n. A mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and asses; a solidungulate.

Definition of Soliped

1. an animal with uncloven hoofs [n -S]

Medical Definition of Soliped

1. A mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and asses; a solidungulate. Alternative forms: solipede] "The solipeds, or firm-hoofed animals, as horses, asses, and mules, etc, they are, also, in mighty number." (Sir T. Browne) Origin: Cf. F. Solipede, It. Solipede, Sp. Solipedo; apparently fr. L. Solus alone + pes, pedis, a foot; but probably fr. L. Solidipes solid-footed, whole-hoofed. See Solid, and Pedal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Soliped

soliloquised
soliloquises
soliloquising
soliloquist
soliloquists
soliloquize
soliloquized
soliloquizer
soliloquizers
soliloquizes
soliloquizing
soliloquy
soling
solion
solions
soliped (current term)
solipedous
solipeds
solipsism
solipsisms
solipsist
solipsistic
solipsistically
solipsists
soliquid
soliquids
solisequious
solitaire
solitaires
solitarian

Literary usage of Soliped

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology by Robert Bentley Todd (1852)
"For while I see that in the soliped member are arranged certain parts taking ... When, for example, I compare the soliped or the cloven foot with the human ..."

2. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association by American Veterinary Medical Association. (1917)
"Once in a while he announces something startling from a pseudo-scientific point of view—I once heard a paper on the "Origin of the soliped Hog". ..."

3. Text Book of Veterinary Medicine by James Law (1906)
"Until the early part of the present century glanders in man was not traced to its origin in the soliped. Lorin in 1812 recorded a case in which the human ..."

4. The Origin and Formation of the Dental Follicle: The First Memoir on the by Charles Legros, Émile Magitot, Mason S. Dean (1880)
"FRANK : " The bar of the solipeds" is too much for me; soliped, single foot. I did not know there were any one-footed animals! CASPER : I know that the name ..."

5. On the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God as Manifested in the Creation of by William Kirby (1835)
"soliped,1 or whole-hoofed. He originally regarded the solipeds as forming a separate Order, and, indeed, comparing them with the other Pachyderms, ..."

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