a. (sb.) Ornith. [f. L. tōti-, from tōt-us whole + PALMATE.] Wholly webbed; having all the toes connected by membrane which reaches to the extremities; steganopodous. b. sb. A totipalmate bird. Hence Totipalmation, the condition of being totipalmate.
1872. Coues, N. Amer. Birds, 48. Goatsuckers, some Western swifts, loons, and all the totipalmate swimmers. Ibid., 296. Feet totipalmate, with three full webs; hind toe semi-lateral,… connected with the inner toe by a complete web reaching from tip to tip. Ibid. (1884), (ed. 2). Index, Totipalmation.
