She was born of web-footed folk, wheezing in caves. From Wordnik.com. [Pitiful need for attention] Reference
A century of the web-footed for one day's consumption!. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
"I need an eight-letter word for 'a web-footed turtle.'". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-02] Reference
“What's a nine-letter word for a large, web-footed seabird?”. From Wordnik.com. [Ambush] Reference
Or to borrow from Dylan Thomas, "web-footed men, wheezing in caves.". From Wordnik.com. [Thanks for nothing] Reference
You've got enough on your mind without pondering web-footed star girls. From Wordnik.com. [Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas]
"We were conveyed by Para, the web-footed boat, from the Isle of Women.". From Wordnik.com. [Zombie Lover]
His origin must be somewhere the web-footed Phoenicians left their mark. From Wordnik.com. [A Body In The Bath House]
"Be kind to our web-footed friends, for a duck could be somebody's mother.". From Wordnik.com. [Dick Morris Butchers Facts To Slime Hillary] Reference
There is another kind of daw found in Lybia and Phrygia, which is web-footed. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
My father used to say children should be born web-footed -- they love water so. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
All born blind, they say, slack-jawed and simple, web-footed, rickety as sticks. From Wordnik.com. [Robertson wins Forward Prize for best single poem] Reference
Of web-footed birds, about forty species, among which are two Swans and five Geese. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator] Reference
In all birds alike, whether web-footed or not, the number of toes in each foot is four. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
"Look closely and you will recoil in surprise / At web-footed fascists with mad little eyes". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-01-01] Reference
Or in a pouring rain: "'Pears like ole Mahster's got a durned fool idee we'uns is web-footed.". From Wordnik.com. [The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier] Reference
Although not web-footed, from some unaccountable habit it is frequently met with far out at sea. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
They have no tail, but a rump with tail-feathers, short in such as are long-legged and web-footed, large in others. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
The web-footed snow-shoes of New England could not be used with advantage in such snow, so recourse was had to skis. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California] Reference
That duck can insist that it's something else -- say a patriotic, bald eagle -- but it's still web-footed waterfowl. From Wordnik.com. [The Real Tea Party Movement -- Speaking The Language of Self-Interest] Reference
I was about to start singing "Be kind to your web-footed friends" but then I realized chickens don't have webbed feet. From Wordnik.com. [Easter Potpourri] Reference
When you leap up, startling the ducks into the air like a covey of web-footed quail, resist the temptation to rush the shot. From Wordnik.com. [3 Shots at Waterfowl] Reference
This bird is the size of a stork, only that its legs are shorter; it is web-footed and is a good swimmer; its plumage is black. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
There were birds from the mighty bald eagle to the tiny golden-crowned sparrow, and every winged and web-footed thing in between. From Wordnik.com. [A Fine and Bitter Snow]
"Well, Suvy," he said to the animal presently, "it looks more like a swim than a waltz quadrille, and neither of us built web-footed.". From Wordnik.com. [The Furnace of Gold] Reference
For long-legged birds have a long neck, short-legged birds a short one, to which rule, however, the web-footed birds form an exception. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
These geese are web-footed, though water does not exist. From Wordnik.com. [The Hawaiian Archipelago] Reference
It is the smallest web-footed bird, about four inches long. From Wordnik.com. [The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told] Reference
Linnaeus after him, that the water-rat is web-footed behind. From Wordnik.com. [The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1] Reference
But no constable but a web-footed one would be out this night. From Wordnik.com. [Thankful's Inheritance] Reference
The turtles are web-footed and named for the red marks around their ears. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Breeze Most Viewed] Reference
Quails were abundant, while the marshes afforded every kind of web-footed fowl. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient States and Empires] Reference
They are among the smallest of the web-footed birds, being only about six inches in length. From Wordnik.com. [The South Sea Whaler] Reference
“No horses are web-footed” denies that the attributes of a horse ever coexist with web-feet. From Wordnik.com. [A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)] Reference
“No horses are web-footed” denies that the attributes of a horse ever co-exist with web-feet. From Wordnik.com. [A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive] Reference
This aquatic or web-footed theologian who expects to go to heaven by diving is not worth answering. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII. Interviews] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.