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totipalmate

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to⋅ti⋅pal⋅mate

  [toh-tuh-pal-meyt, -mit, -pahl-, -pah-meyt]
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–adjective Ornithology.
having all four toes fully webbed.
Origin:
1870–75; toti- + palmate
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to·ti·pal·mate   (tō'tĭ-pāl'māt')   
adj.  Having webbing that connects each of the four anterior toes, as in water birds such as pelicans and gannets.

[Latin tōtus, whole; see total + palmate.]
to'ti·pal·ma'tion n.
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