fin-footed

American  

[fin-foot-id] / ˈfɪnˌfʊt ɪd /

adjective

Ornithology.

1. web-footed.

2. having feet with the toes separately furnished with flaps, as the finfoots and coots.

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Etymology

Origin of fin-footed

First recorded in 1640–50

Example Sentences

The Sea Lions belong to this same fin-footed order.

From The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)

He belongs to an order called Finnipedia, which means fin-footed.

From The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)

Pinn′iped, Pinnat′iped, fin-footed, as a bird; Pinn′ūlate, -d.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various