sb. and a. [ad. med. or mod.L. sōliped-, sōlipēs, f. sōli-, sōlus alone, only + pēs foot, or alteration of L. solidipēs. Cf. F. solipède. In the pl. the Latin form solipedes has also been employed.]
A. sb. An animal having a whole or uncloven hoof.
α. 1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., III. ii. 107. For it is plainly set downe by Aristotle, an Horse and all Solipeds have no gall. Ibid., VI. vi. 297. Solipe[d]s, or firme hoofed creatures, as Horses, Asses, Mules, &c.
1835. Kirby, Hab. & Inst. Anim., II. 499. The second Sub-order of the Pachyderms, the Solipeds, the well-known equine and asinine tribes.
a. 1843. Encycl. Metrop. (1845), VII. 358*. In the Ruminators, in the Solipeds, and most Predatory Beasts.
1882. G. Fleming, in 19th Cent., No. 61. 477. Glanders, as every one knows, is a highly contagious disorder of solipeds.
β. 1833. Sir C. Bell, Hand (1834), 52. There must be a wide difference in the bones of his upper extremity from those of the ruminant or solipede.
1880. Bastian, Brain, xvi. 263. In Solipedes, Ruminants, and Carnivores, the lateral lobes also begin to surpass the median in size.
B. adj. Having a whole hoof; solid-hoofed.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Soliped, that hath a whole or sound foot, not cloven or broken; such is that of a Horse.
1835. Kirby, Hab. & Inst. Anim., II. 197–8. A Family … to which he [Cuvier] has given the ancient appellation of Soliped, or whole-hoofed.
1849. Zoologist, VII. 2345. A hybrid between a soliped and a ruminant animal.
So Solipedal, Solipedous adjs.
1686. Plot, Staffordsh., 266. The most memorable accidents I heard of in this County to have at any time befallen the Solipedous Animals.
1847. Webster, Solipedous.
1882. Ogilvie, Solipedal.
