palmati- +

(Latin: marked with the palm of the hand; adorned with palm leaves; used primarily in the sense of "having five lobes that diverge from a common center" [as fingers from an open palm])

fassipalmate

1. A reference to birds that have their toes lobed or partially webbed.
2. Having lobed or partially webbed separated toes.

palmate, palmated

Resemblling the shape of a hand with outspread fingers.

palmature

Webbed fingers.

semipalmate

1. Having partial or reduced webbing between the toes, as some wading birds possess.
2. Partially or imperfectly palmate, as a bird's foot; half-webbed.

semipalmated

1. Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web.
2. Being half-webbed; as, a semipalmated bird or foot.

totipalmate, totipalmation

1. Having all four toes united by a web; a reference to certain sea birds; such as, pelicans, cormorants, and gannets.
2. Certain water birds that have webbing that connects each of the four anterior toes or have all four toes fully webbed.

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palmati- +

(Latin: marked with the palm of the hand; adorned with palm leaves; used primarily in the sense of "having five lobes that diverge from a common center" [as fingers from an open palm])

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