cloven

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cloven
    adj 1: (used of hooves) split, divided; "bisulcate hoof" [syn:
           {cloven}, {bisulcate}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cloven \Clo"ven\ (kl[=o]"v'n), p. p. & a.
   from {Cleave}, v. t.
   [1913 Webster]

   {To show the cloven foot} or {To show the cloven hoof}, to
      reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose,
      notwithstanding disguises, -- Satan being represented
      dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs.
      [1913 Webster] Cloven-footed

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cleave \Cleave\ (kl[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Cleft} (kl[e^]ft),
   {Clave} (kl[=a]v, Obs.), {Clove} (kl[=o]v, Obsolescent); p.
   p. {Cleft}, {Cleaved} (kl[=e]vd) or {Cloven} (kl[=o]"v'n); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Cleaving}.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS.
   cle['o]fan; akin to OS. klioban, D. klooven, G. klieben,
   Icel. klj[=u]fa, Sw. klyfva, Dan. kl["o]ve and prob. to Gr.
   gly`fein to carve, L. glubere to peel. Cf. {Cleft}.]
   1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.
      [1913 Webster]

            O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To part or open naturally; to divide.
      [1913 Webster]

            Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the
            cleft into two claws.                 --Deut. xiv.
                                                  6.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

40 Moby Thesaurus words for "cloven":
      bifurcated, bisected, branched, branching, chinky, cleft, cracked,
      cut, dehiscent, dichotomous, dimidiate, divided, fissured, fissury,
      forked, forking, gaping, gappy, halved, in pieces, in shreds,
      lacerate, lacerated, mangled, mutilated, quartered, ragged,
      ramified, rent, rift, rimose, rimulose, riven, severed, shredded,
      slit, splintered, split, tattered, torn