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fissiped, fissipede, a. and n.|ˈfɪsɪpɛd, -piːd|
[ad. late L. fissiped-em, f. fiss-us, pa. pple. of findĕre to split + ped-em, pēs foot.]
A. adj. Having the toes separated.
1656Blount Glossogr, Fissiped, cloven-footed. 1847Craig, Fissiped. 1882W. A. Forbes in Nature No. 639. 287 The three great groups of fissiped Carnivora.
B. n. An animal having its toes divided.
In the two first quots. the word may be Latin.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. i. 234 It is discribed like fissipedes, or birdes which have their feet or clawes divided. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 309 2 Fissipedes, or having open Toes..[are] Aquatick Birds living much in Water. 1847Craig, Fissiped. 1854Encycl. Brit. VII. 542 The second subdivision, denominated Fissipedes, are destitute of pincers.
Hence fiˈssipedal a., fiˈssipedate a. = fissiped a.
1883W. H. Fowler in Encycl. Brit. XV. 434/1 The Fissipedal Carnivora were divided by Cuvier into two groups. 1884Syd. Soc. Lex., Fissipedate. |