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Webster 1913 Edition


Palmated

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Pal′mate

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Pal′ma-ted

, }
Adj.
[L.
palmatus
marked with the palm of a hand, from
palma
the palm of the hand.]
1.
Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.
2.
(Bot.)
Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers.
Gray.
3.
(Zool.)
(a)
Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under
Aves
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(b)
Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; – said of certain corals, antlers, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition


Palmated

PAL'MATED

,
Adj.
[L. palmatus, from palma, palm.]
1.
Having the shape of a hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread; as palmated leaves or stones.
2.
Entirely webbed; as the palmated feet of aquatic fowls.

Definition 2024


palmated

palmated

English

Adjective

palmated (not comparable)

  1. (ornithology, zoology) Having digits connected by a thin membrane; webbed.
  2. (zoology) Having a broad, flattened parts with short extensions similar to a webbed appendage.
  3. (rare) palmate

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