[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palmate \pal"mate\, palmated \pal"mated\, 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. zool.
      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
see also:
aves 

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