semi-palmateadj.
Zoology.
Partly palmate, half-webbed.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > web-footed > webbed > half webbed
semi-palmated1785
semi-palmate1828
1828–32 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Semi-palmate, Semi-palmated, half palmated or webbed.
1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. II. 249 Anterior feet cloven, posterior semipalmate.
1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 51 This constitutes the semipalmate (½-webbed, that is,) foot.
Derivatives
semi-ˈpalmated adj.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > web-footed > webbed > half webbed
semi-palmated1785
semi-palmate1828
1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 502 Avoset... Feet semipalmated.
1808–13 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. (1831) III. 63 Tringa semipalmata... Semipalmated Sandpiper.
1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 439/1 The Caymans are semipalmated.
ˌsemi-palˈmation n. the condition of being semi-palmate.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > web-foot > animal with webbed-feet > animal having digits whole or partly united > being half-webbed
semi-palmation1872
1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 51 They [webs] run out to the end of the first, or along part of the second joint, constituting true semipalmation.
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