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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The Sea Lions belong to this same fin-footed order.
From The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)
He belongs to an order called Finnipedia, which means fin-footed.
From The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)
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