fin-footed
Americanadjective
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having feet with the toes separately furnished with flaps, as the finfoots and coots.
Etymology
Origin of fin-footed
First recorded in 1640–50
Example Sentences
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Last year was a bad one for sea lions, said Will Elgar, director of the aquarium’s animal training for pinnipeds, the term for fin-footed marine mammals.
From Washington Times
Last year was a bad one for sea lions, said Will Elgar, director of the aquarium's animal training for pinnipeds, the term for fin-footed marine mammals.
From US News
Pinn′iped, Pinnat′iped, fin-footed, as a bird; Pinn′ūlate, -d.—n.
From Project Gutenberg
When the sea was a little agitated on the Brazilian coast, we frequently saw the large sea-bladder floating on the surface; here we also caught with our net a new species of small Hyalœa, and of the fin-footed Steira, which approaches the nearest to the Limacina.
From Project Gutenberg
The Sea Lions belong to this same fin-footed order.
From Project Gutenberg
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