Thesaurus: palmated

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1. a. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.
2. a. Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers.
3. a. Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed.
4. a. Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc.
5. 1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread. 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. 3. (Zoöl.) (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.
6. a. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread. a. Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers. a. Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. a. Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc.