semipalmated

adjective

semi·pal·mat·ed ˌse-mē-ˈpal-ˌmā-təd

ˌse-ˌmī-,

-mi-,

-ˈpäl-,

-ˈpä-

: having the toes joined only part way down with a web

a plover with semipalmated feet

Examples of semipalmated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In Northfield, five semipalmated plovers were recorded, and in Ashfield, a family of four sandhill cranes continued to be regularly observed. —

BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021 Reports from South Monomoy in Chatham included 25 blue-winged teal, 4 Northern pintails, 4 stilt sandpipers, 2 pectoral sandpipers, 27 white-rumped sandpipers, and 1,670 semipalmated sandpipers. —

BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2019

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