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multifidous, a.|mʌlˈtɪfɪdəs| [f. L. multifidus multifid + -ous.] = prec.: said esp. of feet, or of animals having such feet.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxvii. 175 Those animalls..which are multiparous and multifidous, that is, which have many at a litter, and have also their feet divided into many portions. 1715Phil. Trans. XXIX. 307 Quadrupeds, Viviparous (multifidous and bifidous) and Oviparous. 1856W. Clark van der Hoeven's Zool. I. 48 Lorica globose or oval..emitting from the terminal aperture processes of the animal variable, multifidous. |