† multifidousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin multifidus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin multifidus multifid adj. + -ous suffix. Compare bifidous adj. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mɒlti·fidəs) /mʌlˈtɪfɪdəs/.

Zoology. Obsolete.

= multifid adj.; (of an animal) having multifid feet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > cloven-footed > cloven into many parts

multifidous1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxv. 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.

1715 Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 307 Quadrupeds, Viviparous (multifidous and bifidous) and Oviparous.

1856 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 48 Lorica globose or oval..emitting from the terminal aperture processes of the animal variable, multifidous.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	multifidous
释义	† multifidousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin multifidus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin multifidus multifid adj. + -ous suffix. Compare bifidous adj. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mɒlti·fidəs) /mʌlˈtɪfɪdəs/. Zoology. Obsolete. = multifid adj.; (of an animal) having multifid feet. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > cloven-footed > cloven into many parts multifidous1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxv. 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. View more context for this quotation 1715 Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 307 Quadrupeds, Viviparous (multifidous and bifidous) and Oviparous. 1856 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 48 Lorica globose or oval..emitting from the terminal aperture processes of the animal variable, multifidous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1646
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