webbed

Like duck feet

Webbed describes something connected by a thin membrane or web-like structure.

Most often it refers to the feet of aquatic birds and animals, where skin stretches between the toes to aid swimming: Ducks have webbed feet.

The term extends to anything joined by similar tissue or resembling such a pattern: webbed fingers, a webbed lawn chair.

aquatic

swimming

Locomotion through water

paddlingStroking water with blades
divingEntering water deliberately
ducksWaterfowl or evades

frogs · otter · beaver · platypus · waterfowl · fins · flippers · palmate · swim · paddle

anatomical

membrane

Thin tissue sheet

digitsSingle-place numerals
toesPedal digits
fingersAppendages of the hand

feet · skin · tissue · interdigital · fused · stretched · spanning · bat · wing

structure

interwoven

Laced through one another

interconnectedJoined in multiple ways
latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
networkInterconnected system

mesh · netting · woven · tangled · entwined · intertwined · linked · crisscrossed · reticulated · lacework

Categories

bird traitsfeathered, plumed, plumage, plumaged, beaky
body part traitsbent, bony, bruised, calloused, crooked
reptile traitsscaly, cold-blooded, slithering, forked tongue, shedding skin
bird featuresbeak, bill, plumage, feathered, winged
mermaid wordsscaly, finned, shimmery, iridescent, pearlescent
shapescircle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval

Opposites

digit connectivity

Lacking membrane between digits

separate · nonwebbed · free · independent · cleft

surface texture/structure

webbedsolid

Firm matter state

smooth · unconnected · plain · seamless · continuous

Phrases

webbed feetSkin-connected toes for swimming
webbed footSkin-connected toes for swimming
webbed toesJoined digits with membrane
webbed fingersDigits joined by membrane

Family

webbing, webbed feet, webbed foot

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