web foot
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The horse is fleet because he wishes to be; the bird flies because it desires to; the duck has a web foot because it wants to swim.
From Love, Life & Work Being a Book of Opinions Reasonably Good-Natured Concerning How to Attain the Highest Happiness for One's Self with the Least Possible Harm to Others by Hubbard, Elbert
You were going to tell me something about the right hand of the man with the web foot.
From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Hanshew, Thomas W.
"Or the web foot of a duck," suggested Dorothy.
From Ethel Morton's Enterprise by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)
The Newfoundland dog not only drags carts and sledges, but has a sort of web foot that makes him a particularly good swimmer.
From True Stories about Dogs and Cats by Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot
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