PALMATED
Etymology
Adjective
palmated (not comparable)
(ornithology, zoology) Having digits connected by a thin membrane; webbed.
(zoology) Having broad, flattened parts with short extensions similar to a webbed appendage.
(rare) palmate
Anagrams
• dam plate, date palm, datepalm
Source: Wiktionary
Pal"mate, Pal"ma*ted, a. Etym: [L. palmatus marked with the palm of a
hand, from palma the palm of the hand.]
1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers
spread.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a
leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers.
Gray.
3. (Zoöl.)
(a) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming
birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under Aves.
(b) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided
into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition