pinnatiped, a. and n. Ornith.
(pɪˈnætɪpɛd)
[f. mod.L. pinnātipēs, -pedem, f. pinnātus winged + pēs foot.]
a. adj. Having the toes furnished with lobes; lobiped, fin-footed. b. n. A pinnatiped bird; a bird of the group Pinnatipedes, having this character.
| 1828 Webster, Pinnatiped, fin-footed; having the toes bordered by membranes. 1842 Brande Dict. Sci., etc., Pinnatipeds, a term applied by Temminck to an order of birds comprehending those which have the digits bordered by membranes. 1858 Mayne Expos. Lex., Pinnatipes{ddd}applied by Schæffer and Temminck to an Order (Pinnatipedes); by C. Bonaparte to a Family..: pinnatipede. |