| 单词 | web-footed |
| 例句 | Learn about Millie the Mallard, the historic hotel’s storied web-footed parent, when you and the family receive your personalized welcome to The Willard. Traveling with your toddler is easy(ish) on these 5 trips 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z All born blind, they say,slack-jawed and simple, web-footed, rickety as sticks. Extract: The Wrecking Light by Robin Robertson 2011-01-24T11:02:21Z Free beaver-watching tours leave from its reception every day at 5 p.m., when the web-footed rodents wake to work through the night. Visit the Quebecois Beaver 2010-08-12T16:40:00Z The furry, web-footed animal, along with the echnidna, is one of just two egg-laying mammals, and generally lives around small streams and slow-moving rivers in cooler temperatures. Australia building world's first platypus sanctuary 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z A web-footed loner navigates a landless Earth, while a ruthless gangster chases him, a woman and their young companion. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 21 - 27, 2019 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Among Mr. Perry’s earliest acting credits was a gig performing as Freddie Bird, his high school’s web-footed mascot. Luke Perry, actor who became a teen idol on ‘Beverly Hills, 90210,’ dies at 52 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Nutria - web-footed rodents with orange buck teeth and rat-like tails - average 12 pounds and eat wetlands plants down to the ground. Refuge ties ‘gator hunt permit to killing invasive rodents 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z It falls to the men and women of Duck Watch to protect these web-footed Washingtonians. Making way for ducklings, all over Washington 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Now it is rare to find the web-footed rodent on a menu. Argentina and Chile Decide Not to Leave It to Beavers 2014-03-10T19:00:00Z Wales and England need to play the game of their respective lives in Cardiff and convince floating voters that Six Nations rugby is not the sport of web-footed dinosaurs. Wales v England demands a colourful finale to a beige Six nations 2013-03-11T22:00:02Z A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Goosander, gōōs-an′dėr, n. a web-footed bird in the duck family, in the same genus as the Mergansers, a native of the Arctic regions. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z It has the power of perching on trees, an accomplishment which we should hardly suspect a web-footed bird of possessing. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z But the most marvelous of all the queer things of Australia, to my mind, was the animal that laid eggs like a hen, suckled its young like a goat, and was web-footed, like a duck. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z This, however, did not greatly disturb us—other game demanded attention, and we knew our web-footed friends had only bid us au revoir. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z It is web-footed but its feet are so constructed that it can fold back the web when it wants to burrow, and unfold it when it wants to swim. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Loon, lōōn, n. a genus of web-footed aquatic birds, the Divers, with short wings, and legs placed very far back—also Loom.—n. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z It is the smallest of the web-footed birds. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z Here the goose and duck pens were fenced off, for Aunty Rose would not allow the web-footed fowl to wander at large, as did the other poultry. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z Even to this day I never see a small boy but what, if the opportunity presents itself, I look to see if he is web-footed. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z He is web-footed and has a body of great flexibility and short but remarkably muscular legs. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z "No horses are web-footed" denies that the attributes of a horse ever coexist with web-feet. A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. I 2011-03-01T03:00:43.470Z He says his men all seem pigeon-toed, or web-footed, or something. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z The individual bones are not like those of Dinosaurs, and diverge in Rhamphorhynchus as though the animals were web-footed. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z But if you encroach, or chance to approach, The web-footed classes domain; If wide you should stray, or fall out by the way, A thousand to one but you’re slain! Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect 2011-02-16T03:00:41.223Z The web-footed birds are either long-legged, as the flamingo and avocet, or furnished with short legs. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History A�nas, a genus of web-footed birds, containing the true ducks. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli It is web-footed, at the same time that its feet are well fitted for burrowing in the earth. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom No Pterodactyle has shown any trace of the web-footed condition seen in birds which swim on the water, unless the diverging bones of the hind foot in Rhamphorhynchus supports that inference. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z He wasn't left-handed exactly," she added, as though he might have been so endowed inexactly; "but he is capable of anything—left-handed, web-footed, or whatever you please. Anne His division of birds would seem to be the following:—Those with hooked claws; those with separated toes; and such as are web-footed. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History "We'll show these landsmen before this little scrimmage is over, that we old shell-backs are not web-footed when it comes to obeying orders." Commodore Barney's Young Spies A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington It is not web-footed, yet it dives fearlessly into deep swirling rapids, evidently to feed at the bottom, using its wings to swim with under water just as ducks and loons do. My First Summer in the Sierra The man is web-footed and——” “The man is what?” rapped in Cleek excitedly. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories She was also endowed with great constructiveness; so that, in these days of ladies' fairs, there was nothing from bellows-needlebooks down to web-footed pincushions to which she could not turn her hand. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings "Well, if this weather holds out, it is to be hoped that the gentlemen of the jury are web-footed!" The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories I believe the boys are mostly web-footed, by the way they take to such places; however, we do find the best specimens there. Happy Days for Boys and Girls There is also an interesting aviary to be seen here, and a small artificial lake is covered with curious web-footed birds and brilliant-feathered ducks. Due South or Cuba Past and Present It is quite possible that there may be more than one web-footed man in the world, so of course——Hum-m-m! Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Nuttall, with grange contradiction, says, that, though web-footed, they do not swim,—yet elsewhere speaks of looking down from a cliff and seeing them "swimming and chasing their prey." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 Green swelling land all around, with now and then a lake or loch swarming with web-footed fowl, the sight of which makes Dugald's eyes water. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure It is swallow-like in both its appearance and manner of flight, and though web-footed is rarely seen to light on the water. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Shortly afterwards there is absolute silence: the web-footed Amazon is lying on the ground, with her head tucked under her wing. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles The web-footed man was one, James Peabody, a farrier, at one time attached to the Blue Cavalry at Trincomalee, Ceylon. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Quails were abundant, while the marshes afforded every kind of web-footed fowl. Ancient States and Empires Two web-footed legs were drawn up close against the cigar-shaped body. The Good Neighbors The true otter-hound is completely web-footed, even to the roots of its claws; thus enabling it to swim with much greater facility and swiftness than other dogs. Anecdotes of Dogs “No horses are web-footed” denies that the attributes of a horse ever coexist with web-feet. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) A century of the web-footed for one day's consumption! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. The feats performed by the unwieldy iron-clads in the narrow bayous gained for them, from Lincoln, the title of "web-footed" gunboats. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 The raft soon drifted into a lagoon, covered with waders and web-footed birds, which scarcely moved as we passed them, and some time was lost before we could regain the course of the stream. Adventures of a Young Naturalist A web-footed bird, of the genus Aptenodytes, unable to fly on account of the small size of its wings, but with great powers of swimming and diving: generally met with in high southern latitudes. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. "Why, Horace," said Grace, laughing; "you mean web-footed!" Captain Horace But when she has hatched her brood, part of them are found to be web-footed, and these, to her great astonishment and distress, immediately take to the water. A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' They are so formed as to enable it to wade into morasses, or even rivers, in quest of food, but it can also swim, when so disposed, being perfectly web-footed. Mamma's Stories about Birds All the individuals of this order, as their name—palmipedes, or web-footed birds—indicates, have their toes united by a wide membrane. Adventures of a Young Naturalist It seems to live on the wing, is partially web-footed, and only visits the land at breeding time. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. My father used to say children should be born web-footed—they love water so. Chicken Little Jane So this web-footed lady, With a malice quite feline, Disturbed the calm reflections Of that innocent bovine. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp From them to the Cam'elites was easy, for I seed they was web-footed, too. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills Not so; nature has covered the feathers of web-footed birds with an oily substance, which renders their plumage quite water-proof. Adventures of a Young Naturalist When the finest turkey can be had for less than a third of that sum, some idea may be formed of the superior estimation in which the web-footed favourites are held. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Many of our moderns—Stanfield in particular—seem naturally web-footed; but the real Triton of the sea, as he was Titan of the earth, is Turner. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. They are fierce, broad, and often web-footed; they swim well, hunt together or alone, and when their owners turn them out to obtain their own living, often fish with great dexterity. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals They are among the smallest of the web-footed birds, being only about six inches in length. The South Sea Whaler Cuvier, the great classifier, divides the feathered tribe into six orders—birds of prey, passerines, climbers, gallinaceans, wading, and web-footed birds. Adventures of a Young Naturalist In contrast with the albatross was the stormy-petrel, a black bird scarcely larger than a sparrow, and, of course, web-footed. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler Though web-footed birds here and there stalked over it, not an animal was to be seen; the reason of this was that the grass floated on the calm surface of the water. The Three Lieutenants It was no wonder that he felt quite at home in the duck-pond, which was made for web-footed folk. The Tale of Grandfather Mole Though not exactly web-footed, the phalarope swims with the greatest ease. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds A sailor became an idea—a valuable menial in the service of the commonwealth, but as strange and as eccentric in his habits as the walk of some amphibious animal, or web-footed aquatic on land. The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe It is the smallest web-footed bird, about four inches long. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told The web-footed snow-shoes of New England could not be used with advantage in such snow, so recourse was had to skis. Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California At the web-footed tangle that hints where The ducks have gone down to the brook! Child Songs of Cheer He was as nautical as a web-footed bird, and had no more "nerves" than a fish. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes It has a ventral cuirass as well as dorsal, and it is web-footed, while the crocodile has the toes free—another mark of inferiority. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America It was not web-footed, so could not swim. Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's They came silently along in an awkward, wavering line, as quietly as a procession of web-footed ghosts, until they were almost upon us. The Story of Dago "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." The Furnace of Gold The wonder is that the seamen of that day did not grow web-footed, or forget what solid ground felt like! Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes So there he was again, a fishy, scaly, web-footed sort of personage, with something like a tuft of seaweed at his chin. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People It was web-footed; had black legs and a black bill, which was long, and not unlike that of a curlew. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time The web-footed birds occupy no less than thirty-one cases; to each of which the visitor should pay some attention. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits The games in prospect being of a naval description, embracing certain hand-to- hand contests in the water between shoals of web-footed warriors. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Thou thick-skulled Crane! that King of thine is a goose—a web-footed lord of littleness—and thou art but a frog in a well to bid us serve him—- him forsooth!— Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala "Now, what on earth does 'duck' mean, unless you refer to a web-footed species of poultry?" The High School Left End Dick & Co. Grilling on the Football Gridiron Many aquatic birds, both web-footed and waders, frequent the arms and coves of the river; but the black swans alone are remarkable in point of number. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 It has been variously considered as being one of the galinaceous birds, the pigeons, the waders, and even as belonging to the web-footed order. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 Or, take as an example the web-footed family: Do not all the geese and the innumerable host of ducks quack? Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Or take as an example the web-footed Family,—do not all the Geese and the innumerable host of Ducks quack? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 It is web-footed, has a long narrow beak, a little curved downwards. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Yes," replied Mr. James, "this is one of the old lady's fowls, and a fine one, too; her's are the smallest web-footed birds known. The Young Emigrants; Madelaine Tube; the Boy and the Book; and Crystal Palace Of web-footed birds, about forty species, among which are two Swans and five Geese. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator If the troops do not all come out web-footed, it is because water can't make a duck's leg. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers From these facts I believe that the waders, after the innumerable web-footed species, are generally the first colonists of small isolated islands. The Voyage of the Beagle It resembled an otter in form, but was web-footed, had an erect bushy tail like the squirrel, small head, eyes and ears almost invisible. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island I have passed in mental review the great American statesmen, soldiers, authors and inventors, and find only one among them who was web-footed. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 About the summit hovered a host of aquatic birds, mainly of the web-footed tribe, with long, narrow, pointed beaks. The Mysterious Island The hind legs are long, stout, and web-footed. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers The child was web-footed, as distinctly as any properly constituted duckling! There & Back It required energy and decision to establish order and institute strict rules of discipline among such a miscellaneous collection of web-footed gentry. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale Long of leg, wattled and web-footed, with ungainly bodies, sparsely feathered, and bare necks, they were, Stern thought, absolutely the most hideous and unreal-appearing creatures he had ever seen. Darkness and Dawn A genus of large, web-footed, acquatic birds, possessing prodigious powers of flight. The Mysterious Island He is not web-footed, yet he dives fearlessly into foaming rapids, seeming to take the greater delight the more boisterous the stream, always as cheerful and calm as any linnet in a grove. The Yosemite Packs of Dachshunds may sometimes be engaged on wild boar, and, as they are web-footed and excellent swimmers, there is no doubt that their terrier qualities would make them useful assistants to the Otterhound. Dogs and All about Them About this time an excitement prevailed among the web-footed gentry in St. Bartholomew in relation to the impressment of seamen by British authorities. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale And yet the people come from miles around to see the show, and everybody rides a web-footed mule, that can wallow in the mud. Peck's Bad Boy at the Circus Some are altogether carnivorous; others, as so many of the web-footed tribes, subsist on fish; others, again, on insects and worms; and others on grain and fruit. The Book of Household Management These geese are web-footed, though water does not exist. The Hawaiian Archipelago The skuas are web-footed, but are very rarely seen in the water. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 I have the two horned toads, seven web-footed lizards, and over fifty other valuable specimens to take back with me. The Motor Boys on the Pacific Or, the Young Derelict Hunters From Le Beau's traps he took only the living things, chiefly birds and squirrels and the big web-footed snowshoe rabbits. Nomads of the North A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars Upon this, Sigurdr, who always acted interpreter on such occasions, advanced towards him, and a colloquy followed, which terminated rather abruptly in Sigurdr walking aft, and the web-footed stranger ducking down into his boat again. Letters from High Latitudes "Maybe he's web-footed," suggested Smalley, and they laughed again. Cap'n Eri "I know," she said sadly, "I should get web-footed if I stayed here long, Why, it's like coming down from Ararat just after the deluge cleared up." A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories It's only a harmless lizard," he said, "and not one of the web-footed variety, either. The Motor Boys on the Pacific Or, the Young Derelict Hunters But no constable but a web-footed one would be out this night. Thankful's Inheritance The brown hen that we have named Cornelia is the best mother, the one who waits longest and most patiently for the web-footed Gracchi to finish their swim. The Diary of a Goose Girl Ray says, and Linnaeus after him, that the water-rat is web-footed behind. The Natural History of Selborne The rain that now deluged the unhappy campers was so incessant that they might well have thought that people should be web-footed to live in such a watery region. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 I am not particular where I go, as long as I can get a specimen of a horned toad, and some web-footed lizards. The Motor Boys on the Pacific Or, the Young Derelict Hunters Here for the first time I saw web-footed birds perched in trees. The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont "Roll out, you web-footed sons of guns, and hear the little birds sing praise!" The Riverman Perhaps you and I might go off together after horned toads and web-footed lizards. The Motor Boys on the Pacific Or, the Young Derelict Hunters I brought them with me to compare with the horned toads and web-footed lizards I hope to secure. 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