1841 L. H. Sigourney 185 The new-fledged ducklings play On their oary-footed way.
1841 7 219/1 Alice at the window observing the aspect of the clouds, and watching the course of three oary-legged wild-ducks navigating the river.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus iv. 4 Oary-wing'd alike To fleet beyond them, or to scud beneath a sail.
1871 ‘G. Eliot’ (1872) I. Prel. p. vii Here and there a cygnet..never finds the living stream in fellowship with its own oary-footed kind.