fin-footed

[ fin-foot-id ]

adjective

, Ornithology.

1. web-footed.
2. having feet with the toes separately furnished with flaps, as the finfoots and coots.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fin-footed¹

First recorded in 1640–50

Example Sentences

He belongs to an order called Finnipedia, which means fin-footed.

From Project Gutenberg