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| albatross |
any of several of the largest seabirds, with webbed feet, long narrow wings, and hooked beaks, that are found chiefly in the Southern Hemisphere. |
| avocet |
any of several shore birds with long legs, webbed feet, and a long, narrow, upturned beak. |
| desman |
either of two molelike aquatic mammals found in eastern Europe and western Asia that feed on insects and have webbed feet and a long snout. |
| duck1 |
any of numerous birds that live in and near water and have webbed feet for swimming and a large flat bill. [1/3 definitions] |
| fin |
one of usu. several movable, webbed appendages that fish and other animals that live in the water use for swimming or balance. [1/8 definitions] |
| frog1 |
any of several amphibians without tails but with long hind legs adapted for jumping, esp. those with a smooth, moist skin and webbed feet, that live in marshy or watery habitats. [1/3 definitions] |
| grebe |
any of several diving birds related to loons and having lobed rather than webbed feet. |
| mink |
any of several small, carnivorous North American mammals that are related to the weasel, that have short legs, partly webbed feet, and a pointed snout, and that live near water. [1/3 definitions] |
| muskrat |
a large North American rodent that lives in and near water and has a long, scaly tail, webbed hind feet, and a musky odor. [1/2 definitions] |
| otter |
any of several sleek aquatic or semi-aquatic mammals that are related to the mink and weasel, and that have webbed feet, a long, somewhat flattened tail, and thick, dark brown fur. |
| penguin |
any of various large, flightless, aquatic birds of the colder regions of the Southern Hemisphere that have webbed feet and short flipperlike wings. |
| platypus |
an egg-laying mammal of Australia and Tasmania that has webbed feet for swimming, a broad, horny bill like that of a duck, and a long, flat tail, and that lives in and near water. |
| swan |
any of various large aquatic birds that have very long necks, usu. white plumage, and webbed feet. [1/2 definitions] |
| webby |
of, pertaining to, resembling, or having the nature of a web; webbed. |
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