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totipalmate

[toh-tuh-pal-meyt, -mit, -pahl-, -pah-meyt]

adjective

Ornithology.
  1. having all four toes fully webbed.



totipalmate

/ -ˌmeɪt, ˌtəʊtɪˈpælmɪt /

adjective

  1. (of certain birds) having all four toes webbed

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ˌٴdzپ貹ˈپDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of totipalmate1

First recorded in 1870–75; toti- + palmate
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Word History and Origins

Origin of totipalmate1

C19: from Latin ōٳܲ entire + palmate, from Latin 貹ٳܲ shaped like a hand, from palma palm 1
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Example Sentences

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Totipalmate, tō-ti-pal′māt, adj. fully webbed in all four toes.—n. a bird showing this.—n.

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