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Foot-and-mouth disease is an acute, highly contagious viral disease of cloven-footed animals that is sometimes transmitted to humans.

A hulking mass of muscle, milky fur and sharpened senses, this majestic Akbash dog with imposing height, and his sister Simple, are tasked with guarding Mr Francis' 3.5-acre farm and its 150 cloven-footed residents.

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"Simpleton! I swear there are not two more ignorant, cloven-footed blockheads in the land."

“And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven-footed, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean unto you.”

In many respects, they resemble our horned cattle; are cloven-footed, chew the cud, and select the same kind of food.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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