Definition of Semipalmated

1. Adjective. Having webs between some, but not all, of the toes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Semipalmated

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Semipalmated

1. Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semipalmated

semiotical
semiotician
semioticians
semioticist
semioticists
semiotics
semious
semioval
semioval centre
semiovate
semioxamazide
semioxamazone
semioxamazones
semioxygenated
semipagan
semipalmated (current term)
semiparabola
semiparabolae
semiparabolas
semiparasite
semiparasites
semiparasitic
semipartitioned
semiped
semipeds
semipellucid
semipendent
semipenniform
semiperimeter
semiperimeters

Literary usage of Semipalmated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"On June 14, 1920, at Cook's Beach, at the mouth of the Chebogue River, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, I found a nest and four eggs of the semipalmated ..."

2. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"In places where it is common it occurs in small bands and in fact in general habits acts like the semipalmated Plover. The call note however is different ..."

3. The American Sportsman: Containing Hints to Sportsmen, Notes on Shooting by Elisha Jarrett Lewis, Arnold Burges (1884)
"semipalmated SNIPE, WILLET, OR STONE-CURLEW. SCOLOPAX SEMIPALMATA. HABITS, DESCRIPTION, ETC. S before stated, the snipe ..."

4. Feathered Game of the Northeast by Walter Herbert Rich (1907)
"... this wide range of territory, usually laying from two to four eggs, dull drab or cream color, with brownish blotches upon them. semipalmated PLOVER. ..."

5. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1907)
"The semipalmated sandpiper breeds in Ungava at Okak (Crandall) and south to ... The semipalmated sandpiper is a rare spring but an abundant fall migrant ..."

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