webbed feet

Frog swimming gear

Webbed feet have skin connecting the toes, forming a paddle-like surface for swimming.

Ducks, geese, frogs, and otters have webbed feet.

The trait appears occasionally in humans as a minor birth defect called syndactyly.

The duck's webbed feet propelled it across the pond.

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swan · membrane · marsh · frog · propulsion · swim fins · scuba diving · waterfowl · platypus · turtle · swimming · paddling · interdigital · toes · adaptation · pelicans · splay · cormorants

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foot structure/digit separation

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Divided animal feet

hooves · talons

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G