TOTIPALMATE

Etymology

Adjective

totipalmate (not comparable)

(zoology) Having all four toes united by a web, as in the pelican.

Source: Wiktionary


To`ti*pal"mate, a. Etym: [L. totus all, whole + E.palmate.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: Having all four toes united by a web;-said of certain sea birds, as the pelican and the gannet. See Illust. under Aves.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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