totipalmate

American

[toh-tuh-pal-meyt, -mit, -pahl-, -pah-meyt] / ˌtoʊ təˈpæl meɪt, -mɪt, -ˈpɑl-, -ˈpɑ meɪt /

adjective

Ornithology.

having all four toes fully webbed.

totipalmate British

/ -ˌmeɪt, ˌtəʊtɪˈpælmɪt /

adjective

(of certain birds) having all four toes webbed

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Other Word Forms

totipalmation noun

Etymology

Origin of totipalmate

First recorded in 1870–75; toti- + palmate

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Totipalmate, tō-ti-pal′māt, adj. fully webbed in all four toes.—n. a bird showing this.—n.

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