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Definition of Palmated
1. Adjective. (ornithology zoology) Having digits connected by a thin membrane; webbed. ¹
2. Adjective. (zoology) Having a broad, flattened parts with short extensions similar to a webbed appendage. ¹
3. Adjective. (rare) palmate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Palmated
1. palmate [adj] - See also: palmate
Medical Definition of Palmated
1.
1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.
2.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palmated
Literary usage of Palmated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theory and Analysis of Ornament Applied to the Work of Elementary and by François Louis Schauermann (1892)
"palmated dispositions have a point or head- centre and a headline which co-exist.
... It is necessary to distinguish palmated dispositions from angular ..."
2. Variabilität und Vererbung am Zentralnervensystem des Menschen und einiger by Hans Driesch, Hal George Evarts, Johann Paul Karplus (1921)
"THE palmated PIONEER AWTON the trophy-hunter, and Kennedy the guide, were the
first two men to ponder over the strange case of the palmated pioneer. ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1830)
"The cranium has large foramina behind the eyes, and the hind feet are indented
and palmated like those ..."
4. Records of Big Game: With Their Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions by Rowland Ward (1899)
"... size and the short, much-palmated antlers; (4) the Newfoundland reindeer (R.
tarandus terra-novce), Side view of Antlers of Male Barren-Ground Reindeer. ..."
5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... from which it also differs in its broad palmated antlers, its longer tail,
and its smoother Fallow Deer (Ccn'us Dama). and finer hair. ..."
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