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Webster 1913 Edition
Palmated
{
Pal′mate
,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
. (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.
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.