web-toed

7.0

Skin joins the toes to help the animal swim

adjective
/ˈwɛbˌtoʊd/

: palmeado

Their web-toed feet make these birds excellent divers.

Examples

Some species of ducks are web-toed, which aids in swimming.
The web-toed duck swam gracefully in the pond.
The web-toed frog can swim efficiently in the pond.
Look at that web-toed animal!
Some species of ducks are web-toed, which aids in swimming.
The web-toed frog can swim efficiently in the pond.
Their web-toed feet make these birds excellent divers.

Synonyms

webbed

vsweb-toed

4 3.1

Having skin between the toes and fingers, like a duck or frog

is limited to feet where the toes are joined by skin

web-footed

vsweb-toed

1 3.7

Having toes joined by skin to help an animal swim, like a duck or frog

is about feet where toes are joined by skin without implying swimming

semipalmated

vsweb-toed

Specialized

8.8

Toes partly joined by a web of skin, as on some birds' feet

refers to toes fully joined by skin rather than partially

How Aquatic

aquatic

31 4.4

web-toed

7.0

semiaquatic

1 6.3

terrestrial

4 4.0

Surface Forms

web-toed positive

Morphology

web-toed = web + toed (transparent) = web + toe + ed

The adjective is a straightforward compound of 'web' + 'toed' (where 'toed' = 'toe' + '-ed'), so learners who know the components can derive the meaning.

Etymology

The word web-toed puts together web ('skin between the toes') and toed ('having toes'), so you can picture a thin skin like a small sail stretched between the toes. That's why web-toed animals have toes joined by skin to help them swim.