| 单词 | web-fingered |
| 释义 | > as lemmasweb-fingered web-fingered adj. [compare earlier web-footed adj.] (a) having the fingers joined for a considerable part of their length by a fold of skin; †(b) U.S. designating a fish, the northern sea robin, Prionotus carolinus, in allusion to its finger-like pelvic fin rays (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > webbed digits web-fingered1745 webbed1751 syndactylized1908 1745 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 663/2 Such vermin won't live long on this side the Firth, As web-finger'd Charles, Tullibardin and Perth. 1781 R. Bland in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 362 Of these [children] 1 was web-fingered. 1815 S. L. Mitchill in Trans. Lit. & Philos. Soc. N.Y. 1 431 Web-fingered Gurnard. (Trigla palmipes.) With bright yellow fringes on the fingers. 1844 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 47 59 Prionotus Carolinus, Cuv., Web-fingered Grunter. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 137/1 He was, it is said, web-footed, naturally, and partially web-fingered. 1873 T. Gill Catal. Fishes East Coast N. Amer. 21 Prionotus carolinus..Web-fingered sea-robin; Carolina robin. 2001 T. Earnshaw Actor, & Rare One 118 New Zealand-born Solon's dark eyes and thin smile made him the perfect choice for Stapleton, the web-fingered killer in Hammer's Hound. < as lemmas |
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