palmipedn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpalmᵻpɛd/, U.S.

/ˈpɑ(l)məˌpɛd/

Forms: 1600s–1700s 1900s– palmiped, 1600s– palmipede Brit.

/ˈpalmᵻpiːd/,

/ˈpɑːmᵻpiːd/, U.S.

/ˈpæ(l)məˌpid/,

/ˈpɔ(l)məˌpid/,

/ˈpɑ(l)məˌpid/.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin palmiped-, palmipēs.

Etymology: < classical Latin palmiped-, palmipēs web-footed < palmi- palmi- comb. form + pēs foot (see -ped comb. form). Compare French palmipède (1760 as adjective, 1765 as noun). With use as adjective compare slightly earlier palmipedous adj.

A. n.

A web-footed bird. Now frequently archaic or historical.The plural palmipedes may in some instances represent the Latin plural form.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > feet > web-footed bird

palmiped1610

pinnatiped1842

web foot1885

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. Table 80 Hauing their feete Whole and plaine, and are called Palmipedes, as the Swan, Goose, Duck.

1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) i. 150 Water-Fowl, which are Palmipeds, or whole-footed.

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 312 The little Petrel—these are the last of the palmipeds.

1842 Z. Thompson Hist. Vermont 57/2 Palmipedes—with short feet, more or less drawn up to the abdomen.

1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 222 In the palmipedes or web-footed order.

1892 A. Bierce Coll. Wks. (1909) v. 37 Where the Palmiped, With leathers 'twixt his toes, paddles his marsh, Amphibious.

1957 Systematic Zool. 6 132/2 Coiter agreed with Pliny that the feet were the most distinctive character and he divided birds into fissipedes and palmipedes.

1988 Economist (Nexis) 24 Dec. 58 The prestige of ducks, considered the inferior palmiped by many gourmets, has suddenly taken a flight that leaves geese flapping far below.

B. adj.

Web-footed. Also (occasionally) of a foot: webbed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of feet > having webbed feet

fin-footed1646

palmipedous1646

palmiped1661

webbed1664

palmated1766

palmate1826

totipalmate1872

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. A5^v Living in the water..feeding vpon fish, as the..barnicle,..palmipede daw.

1694 J. Ray in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) 200 I fancied they were no palmiped Bird.

1717 Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 525 All authors, from Aristophanes down to Aldrovandus, have accounted the Phœnicopterus a Bird of the Palmipede or web-footed kind.

1850 Fraser's Mag. 42 28 She would lead her palmipede brood to the water.

1927 E. D. Laborde tr. E. de Martonne Shorter Physical Geogr. xx. 294 Such birds are web-footed or palmiped.

1983 Ecology 64 115/1 The spiders might have difficulties within the colonies where guano would clog their burrows or drown them, and palmiped feet would crush them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	palmiped
释义	palmipedn.adj. Brit. /ˈpalmᵻpɛd/, U.S. /ˈpɑ(l)məˌpɛd/ Forms: 1600s–1700s 1900s– palmiped, 1600s– palmipede Brit. /ˈpalmᵻpiːd/, /ˈpɑːmᵻpiːd/, U.S. /ˈpæ(l)məˌpid/, /ˈpɔ(l)məˌpid/, /ˈpɑ(l)məˌpid/. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin palmiped-, palmipēs. Etymology: < classical Latin palmiped-, palmipēs web-footed < palmi- palmi- comb. form + pēs foot (see -ped comb. form). Compare French palmipède (1760 as adjective, 1765 as noun). With use as adjective compare slightly earlier palmipedous adj. A. n. A web-footed bird. Now frequently archaic or historical.The plural palmipedes may in some instances represent the Latin plural form. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > feet > web-footed bird palmiped1610 pinnatiped1842 web foot1885 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. Table 80 Hauing their feete Whole and plaine, and are called Palmipedes, as the Swan, Goose, Duck. 1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) i. 150 Water-Fowl, which are Palmipeds, or whole-footed. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 312 The little Petrel—these are the last of the palmipeds. 1842 Z. Thompson Hist. Vermont 57/2 Palmipedes—with short feet, more or less drawn up to the abdomen. 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 222 In the palmipedes or web-footed order. 1892 A. Bierce Coll. Wks. (1909) v. 37 Where the Palmiped, With leathers 'twixt his toes, paddles his marsh, Amphibious. 1957 Systematic Zool. 6 132/2 Coiter agreed with Pliny that the feet were the most distinctive character and he divided birds into fissipedes and palmipedes. 1988 Economist (Nexis) 24 Dec. 58 The prestige of ducks, considered the inferior palmiped by many gourmets, has suddenly taken a flight that leaves geese flapping far below. B. adj. Web-footed. Also (occasionally) of a foot: webbed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of feet > having webbed feet fin-footed1646 palmipedous1646 palmiped1661 webbed1664 palmated1766 palmate1826 totipalmate1872 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. A5^v Living in the water..feeding vpon fish, as the..barnicle,..palmipede daw. 1694 J. Ray in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) 200 I fancied they were no palmiped Bird. 1717 Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 525 All authors, from Aristophanes down to Aldrovandus, have accounted the Phœnicopterus a Bird of the Palmipede or web-footed kind. 1850 Fraser's Mag. 42 28 She would lead her palmipede brood to the water. 1927 E. D. Laborde tr. E. de Martonne Shorter Physical Geogr. xx. 294 Such birds are web-footed or palmiped. 1983 Ecology 64 115/1 The spiders might have difficulties within the colonies where guano would clog their burrows or drown them, and palmiped feet would crush them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1610
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