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bĭsulcus , a, um, adj. bis-sulcus (twofurrowed), hence, in gen.,
I.divided into two parts, two-cleft, cloven (poet. and in postAug. prose): lingua, forked, Pac. ap. Non. p. 506, 17; Ov. M. 9, 65: pedes, * Lucr. 2, 356; Ov. M. 7, 113; Plin. 11, 45, 105, § 254: ungula, a cloven hoof, id. 8, 21, 30, § 73; 10, 1, 1, § 1: “cauda,id. 9, 29, 46, § 85: “forcipes,id. 11, 28, 34, § 97.—
II. Subst.: bĭsulca , ōrum, n. (sc. animalia), animals with cloven feet (opp. to the solidipedes), Plin. 11, 37, 85, § 212: “cornigera fere bisulca,id. 11, 46, 106, § 255; 10, 65, 84, § 184; 10, 73, 93, § 199.—Rare in sing.: “bisulcum oryx,Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.113
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.65
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.356
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8.73
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.85
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.97
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