Found 2 items, similar to Palmate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: palmate palmate adj 1: (of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin 2: of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point [syn: palm-shaped]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Palmate Palmate \Pal"mate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsoles.] [1913 Webster] Palmate \Pal"mate\, Palmated \Pal"ma*ted\, a. [L. palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand.] [1913 Webster] 1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]