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

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

From BBC • Dec. 20, 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

While tarantulas wait below with their eight eyes pointed skyward, trapdoor spiders build a webbed door and fling it open when the unsuspecting prey walks by.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2023

His long, clean, yellow teeth appeared and disappeared in a yellow face all webbed, though he was not an old man, with fine, soft wrinkles.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin