aliped
/ˈalɪpɛd/adjective
Having winged feet; (hence) swift, nimble.
- Chiefly in classical contexts..
noun
Chiefly Zoology. An animal with the fingers or digits connected by a membrane to form a wing; a bat. Now rare.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in Nathan Bailey (d. 1742), lexicographer and schoolmaster. From classical Latin āliped-, ālipes (adjective) wing-footed, swift-footed, (noun) swift-footed creature, horse from āli- + -ped-, -pes.
- (as) clear as day
- (as) clear as mud
- (as) clear (or sound) as a bell
- Asclepius
- (as) cold as ice (or stone or the grave etc.)
- as common as muck
- ascomycete
- ascon
- (as) cool as a cucumber
- ascorbate
- ascorbic acid
- ascot
- ascot tie
- ascribable
- ascribe
- ascription
- as cross as two sticks
- ascus
- ASD
- (as) daft as a brush
- (as) dead as a doornail
- (as) dead as a (or the) dodo
- (as) dead as mutton
- (as) deaf as a post
- ASDIC