Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having oar-shaped feet, or feet that are used as oars; oar-footed.
  • noun A remiped animal, as a crustacean or an insect.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having feet or legs that are used as oars; -- said of certain crustaceans and insects.
  • noun An animal having limbs like oars, especially one of certain crustaceans.
  • noun One of a group of aquatic beetles having tarsi adapted for swimming. See water beetle.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective zoology Having oar-like feet.
  • noun zoology Any small insect (usually crustacean or aquatic) with oar-shaped feet.

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