webbed

American  

[webd] / wɛbd /

adjective

1. having the fingers or toes connected by a web or membrane.

   the webbed foot of a duck or beaver.

2. connected or joined by a web, as the fingers or toes.

3. formed like or with a web.

   a webbed roof.

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webbed British  

/ wɛbd /

adjective

1. (of the feet of certain animals) having the digits connected by a thin fold of skin; palmate

2. having, consisting of, or resembling a web

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Other Word Forms

• unwebbed adjective

Etymology

Origin of webbed

First recorded in 1655–65; web + -ed ³

Example Sentences

The revolution will not be televised, but it might have webbed feet and bulging eyes.

From BBC

Can they still be webbed up and captured like Nansi did with the Shards under us?

From Literature

They floated there, quietly cleaning their feathers, until, below the water, their webbed feet started paddling, and they swam to shore and waddled onto a pebble beach.

From Literature

An amphibious mouse with webbed feet and a blob-headed fish are among 27 new species scientists have discovered in Peru.

From BBC

According to her testimony in court records, police had told Napoletano, falsely, that webbed footprints had been found at one of the crime scenes, footprints that could have been left by Sindle’s webbed feet.

From Los Angeles Times