semipalmate
adjective
partially or imperfectly palmate, as a bird's foot; half-webbed.
semipalmated
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a variation of
semipalmate.
Example Sentences
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His semipalmated plover, for example, perches on an egg-shaped rock, and, in pursuit of a tiny snail, tilts forward at a rakish angle.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2015
Birds whose feet are partly webbed are said to be semipalmated.
From Our Bird Comrades by Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser
It is semipalmated, has black wings, and a band of brown on the breast, but it is otherwise white.
From Expedition into Central Australia by Charles Sturt
We saw dainty Wilson's plover with their chicks, and also semipalmated sandpipers.
From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Theodore Roosevelt
This is the Semipalmated Sandpiper, for semipalmated means "half-webbed," as its toes are.
From Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners by Louis Agassiz Fuertes
