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fis•si•ped
(fis′ə ped′),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- Zoology, Mammalsany member of the suborder Fissipedia, carnivorous mammals that have separate toes, as bears, badgers, dogs, cats, and raccoons.
adj.
- Zoology, Mammalsof or pertaining to the Fissipedia.
- Zoologycleft-footed or cloven-hoofed.
- Late Latin fissiped- stem of fissipēs cloven-footed (see fissi-, -ped)
- 1640–50