/fis"euh ped'/ , n.
1. any member of the suborder Fissipedia, carnivorous mammals that have separate toes, as bears, badgers, dogs, cats, and raccoons.
adj.
2. of or pertaining to the Fissipedia.
3. cleft-footed or cloven-hoofed.
[ 1640-50; fissiped- s. of fissipes cloven-footed (see FISSI-, -PED) ]