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Wing-footed

wing-footed

1. Having wings attached to the feet; as, wing-footed mercury; hence, swift; moving with rapidity; fleet.

2. (Science: zoology) Having part or all of the feet adapted for flying. Having the anterior lobes of the foot so modified as to form a pair of winglike swimming organs; said of the pteropod mollusks.


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