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Definition of Finfoots
1. finfoot [n] - See also: finfoot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Finfoots
Literary usage of Finfoots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"... the Rails and finfoots—Nests of various Falconiformes—Of the Vultures—Of
certain Eagles —Of the Kites—Of the Hawks and Harriers—Of the Ospreys—Nests of ..."
2. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"Several times the present writer has observed finfoots on West African ...
The finfoots are distributed nearly all round the world in the tropical belt. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... comprising four or five species, to which the name "finfoots" has been applied —
from the lobes or flaps of skin that fringe their toes. ..."
4. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"Seven families are distinguished, represented by the following types:—rails,
gallinules, and coots; bustards; the kagu; sun-bitterns; and finfoots. ..."
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