webfoot
Origin of webfoot
1Other words from webfoot
- web-footed, adjective
Other definitions for web foot (2 of 2)
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.
You were going to tell me something about the right hand of the man with the web foot.
Cleek of Scotland Yard | Thomas W. HanshewOne 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
/ (ˈwɛbˌfʊt) /
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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