bisulcate

[ bahy-suhl-keyt ]

adjective

1. with two grooves.
2. cloven-hoofed.

bisulcate

/ baɪˈsʌlˌkeɪt /

adjective

1. marked by two grooves
2. zoology
   1. cleft or cloven, as a hoof
   2. having cloven hoofs

Word History and Origins

Origin of bisulcate¹

1825–35; < Latin bisulc ( us ) two-furrowed, cloven ( bi- ¹, sulcus ) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Associated words: nephology, meteorology, nubiferous, nephelodometer, nephelometer, nephoscope, nepheloid, nephograph. cloud, v. overcast, becloud, obscure, shade, obfuscate; tarnish, sully, blacken. cloudy, a. overcast, lowering, murky, overclouded, obscure, sullen, nebulous, hazy, dim; tarnished, indistinct, blurred; variegated, mottled. cloven, a. bisulcate. clover, n. trifolium, trefoil; alsike. cloves, n. pl.

From Project Gutenberg

Tracks of the Anoplotherium with its bisulcate hoof, and the trilobed footprints of Palaeotherium, were seen of different sizes, corresponding to those of several species of these genera which Cuvier had reconstructed, while in the same beds were foot-marks of carnivorous mammalia.

From Project Gutenberg