A primitive frog with unwebbed toes. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : the webbed foot of a duck or beaver. ,a webbed roof. From Dictionary.com.
"At least you had sense enough to wear protective clothing in this hotbox," one said as they carefully unwebbed Copper and carried her out of the lock. From Wordnik.com. [The Lani People] Reference
Unlike pelicans however, the long toes of the Shoebill are unwebbed and it is stork-like in some aspects of behaviour, practicing bill clattering and also dribbling water onto its eggs and young during the heat of the day. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
As they came near one bed of reeds several coots began to paddle away, jerking their bald heads as they went, while a couple of moor-hens, which as likely as not were both cocks, swam as fast as their long thin unwebbed toes would allow them, twitching their black-barred white tails in unison with the jerking of their scarlet-fronted little heads, and then taking flight upon their rounded wings, dragging their long thin toes along the top of the water, and shrieking with fear, till they dropped into the sheltering cover ahead. From Wordnik.com. [Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp] Reference
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