webfoot

[ web-foot ]

noun,plural web·feet.

a foot with the toes joined by a web.
(initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of Oregon (used as a nickname).

an animal with webfeet.

Origin of webfoot

First recorded in 1755–65; web + foot

Other words from webfoot

web-footed, adjective

Other definitions for web foot (2 of 2)

web foot

nounFurniture.

a pad foot having the appearance of toes joined by a web.

Also called duck foot.

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How to use webfoot in a sentence

The camelopard was to get his long neck by stretching for his food; and the duck her web-foot by paddling in the water.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 | Various
You were going to tell me something about the right hand of the man with the web foot.
Cleek of Scotland Yard | Thomas W. Hanshew
One of the men had his wife with him, and she imported chickens and later even ducks which never, however, set web-foot in water.
Herbert Hoover | Vernon Kellogg

British Dictionary definitions for webfoot

webfoot

/ (ˈwɛbˌfʊt) /

noun

zoology a foot having the toes connected by folds of skin
anatomy a foot having an abnormal membrane connecting adjacent toes

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