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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

alipes

;

ala

wing +

pes

pedis

, foot: cf. F.

alipède

(Zool.)

Wing-footed, as the bat.

–

Noun.

An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat.

Adj.

[L. ala, wing, and pes, foot.]

Wing-footed; having the toes connected by a membrane, which serves as a wing.

Noun.

[Supra.]

An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, and which thus serve for wings; a cheiropter; as, the bat.