palmatedadj.
/palˈmeɪtᵻd/, /pɑːˈmeɪtᵻd/, /ˈpalmeɪtᵻd/, /ˈpɑːmeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈpɑ(l)ˌmeɪdᵻd/ Zoology and Botany.
1. Zoology. = palmate adj. 1.
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1738 Philos. Trans. 1735–6 (Royal Soc.) 39 389 I have taken particular Notice,..beside the main horns being palmated, that the Brow-Antlers are likewise palmated.
1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 82 His horns are palmated.
1881 B. Dawkins in Nature 24 Nov. 85/2 Antlers palmated in front, instead of behind the beam.
1903 J. London Call of Wild vii. 211 Back and forth the bull tossed his great palmated antlers.
1992 Destination Québec 59/2 The beautiful palmated antlers of the male [sc. moose] may spread up to 1.5 m.
2. Botany. = palmate adj. 2. Now rare.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [adjective] > notch or indentation > palmation
palmated1753
palmate1760
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf Palmated Leaf, one in form of an open hand.
1796 W. H. Marshall Planting II. 8 Horse Chesnut... Its leaves are large, palmated, and of a dark green colour.
1811 D. Hosack Hortus Elginensis (ed. 2) 27 Hibiscus..palmated.
1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. xx. 255 Thatched with the palmated leaves of the yuca.
1996 HerbalGram (Nexis) Spring 25 A very large plant..with leaves in the shape of an open palm with fingers spread, the palmated rhubarb.
3. Of the foot of a bird or animal: webbed. Cf. palmate adj. 5, semi-palmated adj. at semi-palmate adj. Derivatives.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of feet > having webbed feet
fin-footed1646
palmipedous1646
palmiped1661
webbed1664
palmated1766
palmate1826
totipalmate1872
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > web-footed > webbed
kelled1630
webbed1664
webby1686
palmated1766
palmate1826
1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 64 The Osprey... The left [foot] is not the lest palmated, as..Linnæus conjectures.
1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. i. 136 Seal..Five palmated toes on each foot.
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xv. 293 The strong short legs of that animal [sc. the mole], the palmated feet armed with sharp nails.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxiv. 320 A novel use of a palmated foot.
1957 E. Dahlberg Sorrows of Priapus ii. 22 The loon uses his sharp head to pierce the water, and his broad, palmated feet as oars.
2001 Miami Herald (Nexis) 9 Sept. 1 Gulls have palmated, slightly webbed, feet that are great for swimming but not adapted to clinging to tree limbs.
4. = palmate adj. 3.
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1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iii. 129 In many Orchids, as for instance the Orchis maculata, the tubercles are divided at their ends, so that the whole resembles the human hand.., they are then said to be palmated, and the root is also thus termed.
1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 367 The roots present a thickened, palmated appearance, giving rise to the popular name for the disease, ‘fingers and toes’.
Compounds
palmated newt n. = palmate newt n. at palmate adj. Compounds.
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1911 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 582/1 The British species are the crested newt (M[olge] cristata), the common newt (M. vulgaris) and the palmated newt (M. palmata).
1933 Trans. Hertfordshire Nat. Hist. Soc. & Field Club 19 210 Many observers have commented on its occurrence in the Palmated Newt.
1994 Guardian (Nexis) 25 July t9 Playing down by the lake, turning over a rock and finding a palmated newt. I'd be so excited.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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