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cleft
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cleave
To cleave something means to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently. -
harelip
Usually Offensive. cleft lip. -
branchial cleft
Zoology. one of a series of slitlike openings in the walls of the pharynx between the branchial arches of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes from the pharynx to the exterior. -
cleft lip
a congenital split in the upper lip, often associated with a cleft palate -
cleft palate
If someone has a cleft palate, they were born with a narrow opening along the roof of their mouth which makes it difficult for them to speak properly. -
fissirostral
having a broad, deeply cleft beak or bill, as the swallows and goatsuckers.