finfoot

[ fin-foot ]

noun

, plural fin·foots.

1. any of several aquatic birds of the family Heliornithidae, of South America, Asia, and Africa, related to the rails and coots and characterized by lobate toes.

finfoot

/ ˈfɪnˌfʊt /

noun

1. any aquatic bird of the tropical and subtropical family Heliornithidae , having broadly lobed toes, a long slender head and neck, and pale brown plumage: order Gruiformes (cranes, rails etc) Also calledsungrebe

Word History and Origins

Origin of finfoot¹

First recorded in 1885–90; fin ¹ + foot

Example Sentences

This post in support of the #longmarch from #Dhaka to the #Sundarbans, protesting the 1320MW coal-fired power plant to come up at Rampal, just outside the #mangrove forest home to the tiger, six kinds of dolphins, crocodiles, the endemic masked finfoot, and on which hundreds of thousands of artisanal fishermen depend.

From Time

Other threatened species in the Sundarbans include two river dolphins and an endemic bird, the masked finfoot.

From The Guardian

On the river and in the ponds we saw the finfoot, a bird with feet like a grebe and bill and tail like those of a darter, but, like so many South American birds, with no close affiliations among other species.

From Project Gutenberg