Hypertext Webster Gateway: "palmated"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Palmate \Pal"mate\, Palmated \Pal"ma*ted\, a. [L. palmatus
marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the
hand.]
1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the
fingers spread.

2. (Bot.) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the
divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the
hand with outspread fingers. --Gray.

3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most
swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under {Aves}.
(b) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or
less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals,
antlers, etc.

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