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• past participle of web.
• past tense form of web.

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

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webbed

They also found a new "amphibious mouse", which has partially webbed feet and eats aquatic insects.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024

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 ● Dec. 18, 2024

Back in the forest, a Wallace’s flying frog sprang from a tree—its spindly legs and webbed toes spread-eagle—seeming more bat than amphibian.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024

Their feet are adapted for powerful swimming, with every toe webbed.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024

He must’ve been at least fifteen feet tall, but the most startling thing was his enormous milky eye, scarred and webbed with cataracts.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan