solid-hoofed, a.
[f. solid a. 23 a.]
Having the hoof whole or undivided; solidungulate, soliped; spec. as the designation of certain swine.
| 1842 Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 32 There are breeds of solid-hoofed swine in some parts of England. 1848 Buckley Iliad 87 Lest the son of Tydeus should drive away thy solid-hoofed steeds. 1864 Bowen Logic vii. 203 Some herbivora are solid-hoofed. c 1880 Cassell's Nat. Hist. II. 343 The Solid-hoofed Pigs..show a persistent variation from the even-toed type. |
So solid-hooved a.
| 1910 Thompson Aristotle's Hist. Anim. II. 1 There are in Illyria and in Paeonia and elsewhere solid-hooved swine. |