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单词 webfoot
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webfoot

[ web-foot ]
/ ˈwɛbˌfʊt /

noun, plural web·feet.

a foot with the toes joined by a web.
(initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of Oregon (used as a nickname).
an animal with webfeet.

Origin of webfoot

First recorded in 1755–65; web + foot

OTHER WORDS FROM webfoot

web-footed, adjective

Words nearby webfoot

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Definition for webfoot (2 of 2)

web foot

noun Furniture.

a pad foot having the appearance of toes joined by a web.
Also called duck foot.
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for webfoot

  • You were born of ropery, and you go at it straight, like a webfoot to water.

    The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete|George Meredith
  • He secured a homestead claim at Webfoot and later he bought and removed to the farm where Valley Chapel is now located.

    Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2)|William Denison Lyman
  • Webfoot had made even better time than the bear, and only the placid jack remained as a memento of the occasion.

    Down the Mother Lode|Vivia Hemphill

British Dictionary definitions for webfoot

webfoot
/ (ˈwɛbˌfʊt) /

noun

zoology a foot having the toes connected by folds of skin
anatomy a foot having an abnormal membrane connecting adjacent toes
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for webfoot

webfoot
[ wĕbfut′ ]

n.

A foot with webbed toes.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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