hooves
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Hoof \Hoof\ (h[=oo]f), n.; pl. Hoofs (h[=oo]fs), very rarely Hooves (h[=oo]vz). [OE. hof, AS. h[=o]f; akin to D. hoef, G. huf, OHG. huof, Icel. h[=o]fr, Sw. hof, Dan. hov; cf. Russ. kopuito, Skr. [,c]apha. [root]225.]
1.The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc. [1913 Webster]
On burnished hooves his war horse trode.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
2.A hoofed animal; a beast. [1913 Webster]
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind.— Ex. x. 26.[1913 Webster]
3.(Geom.) See Ungula. [1913 Webster]