Webbed
adjective
Having a skin or membrane that connects the digits of an animal, like in ducks or frogs.
The duck has webbed feet, which helps it to swim faster.
Often appears as...
- webbed feet
- webbed hands
adjective
Made or arranged in a web-like pattern.
The webbed structure of the spider's web is complex.
Often appears as...
- webbed design
- webbed pattern
adjective
Having a skin or membrane that connects the digits of an animal, like in ducks or frogs.
The duck has webbed feet, which helps it to swim faster.
Often appears as...
- webbed feet
- webbed hands
adjective
Made or arranged in a web-like pattern.
The webbed structure of the spider's web is complex.
Often appears as...
- webbed design
- webbed pattern
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Adaptation
Webbed refers to a physical trait that helps animals in water.
Penguins have webbed feet for better swimming.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Ducks
While ducks are commonly known for it, other animals can also have webbed features.
Otters use their webbed paws to move gracefully underwater.
Pro Tip 3/3In Human Context
Humans may also have webbing, which is typically referenced in a medical or biological context.
Some people are born with webbed fingers, a condition called syndactyly.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Adaptation
Webbed refers to a physical trait that helps animals in water.
Penguins have webbed feet for better swimming.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Ducks
While ducks are commonly known for it, other animals can also have webbed features.
Otters use their webbed paws to move gracefully underwater.
Pro Tip 3/3In Human Context
Humans may also have webbing, which is typically referenced in a medical or biological context.
Some people are born with webbed fingers, a condition called syndactyly.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Adaptation
Webbed refers to a physical trait that helps animals in water.
Penguins have webbed feet for better swimming.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Ducks
While ducks are commonly known for it, other animals can also have webbed features.
Otters use their webbed paws to move gracefully underwater.
Pro Tip 3/3In Human Context
Humans may also have webbing, which is typically referenced in a medical or biological context.
Some people are born with webbed fingers, a condition called syndactyly.
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Are we born to run? PIPE...
but if you drill a little bit deeper, you've got to sort of wonder about what exactly was going on there. When you have two outliers in one organism, it's not a coincidence. When you have someone who is more competitive and more compassionate than anybody else in the race, again, it's not a coincidence. You show me a creature with webbed feet and gills;
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Sleepy Harbour Seals and...
skeletal elements found in the fore limbs of land mammals they're comical stubbornness doesn't just make them great scratching aids but allows the flippers to conform to their bodies significantly reducing underwater drag powerful webbed hind flippers propel and steer them through the water large oily
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Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
and as you said there are individual parts of the skeleton that we can look at and compare with living animals so the feet of spinosaurus for example are very wide with flattened claws um they may have been webbed and there's some ongoing research we're doing on on
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How squids outsmart...
Some squid species have also developed unique adaptive behaviors. The deep-sea vampire squid, when startled, uses its webbed arms to make a cape it hides behind. The tiny bobtail, on the other hand, tosses sand over its body as it burrows away from prying eyes.
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Bigger Than T. rex:...
like a crocodile it's got a good tail flat and spreading toes might have been webbed for swimming we think that these are primary facie evidence they're there they're really great clues for an aquatic lifestyle one of the most
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4 Adorable Animals That...
hippos in fact have many different features they lead a semi-aquatic lifestyle but are much less adapted to water their feet are less webbed and they spend more of their time on land they have rounded shorter snouts with
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Tigers 101 PIPE National...
big cats tigers have more muscle mass and are therefore heavier tigers have webbed toes often living near bodies of water tigers have adapted for a semi-aquatic lifestyle they appear to enjoy being in the water
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The three different ways...
like the duck-bill platypus's webbed feet, bill, and the venomous spur males have on their feet, they are, in fact, mammals. That's because they share the defining characteristics of mammalia
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Abstaining Boobies Get...
blue footed boobies are best known for their bright blue webbed feet prominently displayed in a courtship dance the male's blue feet are important in attracting females a new study shows
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Bilbo the Lifeguard Dog...
Bilbo's the perfect design for a life-saving dog webbed feet if I spread his toes out you can see where his webs
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Are we born to run? PIPE...
but if you drill a little bit deeper, you've got to sort of wonder about what exactly was going on there. When you have two outliers in one organism, it's not a coincidence. When you have someone who is more competitive and more compassionate than anybody else in the race, again, it's not a coincidence. You show me a creature with webbed feet and gills;
Video examples
Sleepy Harbour Seals and...
skeletal elements found in the fore limbs of land mammals they're comical stubbornness doesn't just make them great scratching aids but allows the flippers to conform to their bodies significantly reducing underwater drag powerful webbed hind flippers propel and steer them through the water large oily
Video examples
Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
and as you said there are individual parts of the skeleton that we can look at and compare with living animals so the feet of spinosaurus for example are very wide with flattened claws um they may have been webbed and there's some ongoing research we're doing on on
Video examples
How squids outsmart...
Some squid species have also developed unique adaptive behaviors. The deep-sea vampire squid, when startled, uses its webbed arms to make a cape it hides behind. The tiny bobtail, on the other hand, tosses sand over its body as it burrows away from prying eyes.
Video examples
Bigger Than T. rex:...
like a crocodile it's got a good tail flat and spreading toes might have been webbed for swimming we think that these are primary facie evidence they're there they're really great clues for an aquatic lifestyle one of the most
Video examples
4 Adorable Animals That...
hippos in fact have many different features they lead a semi-aquatic lifestyle but are much less adapted to water their feet are less webbed and they spend more of their time on land they have rounded shorter snouts with
Video examples
Tigers 101 PIPE National...
big cats tigers have more muscle mass and are therefore heavier tigers have webbed toes often living near bodies of water tigers have adapted for a semi-aquatic lifestyle they appear to enjoy being in the water
Video examples
The three different ways...
like the duck-bill platypus's webbed feet, bill, and the venomous spur males have on their feet, they are, in fact, mammals. That's because they share the defining characteristics of mammalia
Video examples
Abstaining Boobies Get...
blue footed boobies are best known for their bright blue webbed feet prominently displayed in a courtship dance the male's blue feet are important in attracting females a new study shows
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Bilbo the Lifeguard Dog...
Bilbo's the perfect design for a life-saving dog webbed feet if I spread his toes out you can see where his webs
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Oksana Masters
American Athlete
I was missing the main weight-bearing bone in both legs. And the left leg, I didn't have a full knee. It was a floating knee. I had six toes. My hands were webbed, and I also have one kidney. I don't have a full bicep on my right side. Thank God my hair didn't get ruined.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
We didn't build the interstate system to connect New York to Los Angeles because the West Coast was a priority. No, we webbed the highways so people can go to multiple places and invent ways of doing things not thought of by the persons building the roads.
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Oksana Masters
American Athlete
I was missing the main weight-bearing bone in both legs. And the left leg, I didn't have a full knee. It was a floating knee. I had six toes. My hands were webbed, and I also have one kidney. I don't have a full bicep on my right side. Thank God my hair didn't get ruined.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
We didn't build the interstate system to connect New York to Los Angeles because the West Coast was a priority. No, we webbed the highways so people can go to multiple places and invent ways of doing things not thought of by the persons building the roads.
Example 1 of 2
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