Wing-footed

Wing-footed
Wing-footed Wing"-foot`ed, a. 1. Having wings attached to the feet; as, wing-footed Mercury; hence, swift; moving with rapidity; fleet. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]

2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Having part or all of the feet adapted for flying. (b) Having the anterior lobes of the foot so modified as to form a pair of winglike swimming organs; -- said of the pteropod mollusks. [1913 Webster]


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