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• n  a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal

• But there would come the moment when, following the nature lecture, one of them would belly down to cool his mouth at a rushing spring, or spot a hoof-mark of a deer in the dust .
• Meantime a series of mysterious murders, in which the victim invariably has a hoof-mark around the left eye, helps make plain people restive.

• hoofprint
• hoof mark