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  • They darted spearfly-fast over the surface; or, leaping into the stream, they raced the long-bodied webfooted brown osels which served them for herd dogs, while he wallowed more clumsily than the fat, flippered, snouted chuho-water pigs-which were being herded.

    The Day of Their Return Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1973

  • They darted spearfly-fast over the surface; or, leaping into the stream, they raced the long-bodied webfooted brown osels which served them for herd dogs, while he wallowed more clumsily than the fat, flippered, snouted chuho-water pigs-which were being herded.

    The Day Of Their Return Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1973

  • See, here's another horned horse, but made of a different color, and another webfooted monkey.

    The Stars Are Ours Norton, Andre 1954

  • See, here's another horned horse, but made of a different color, and another webfooted monkey.

    The Stars Are Ours Norton, Andre 1954

  • See, here's another, horned horse, but made of a different color, and another webfooted monkey.

    Star Flight Norton, Andre 1954

  • We have among ourselves a gander or two, (no offence, Mr. Landor,) that, forgetting they are webfooted, pretend to a perch on the tall bay-tree of Apollo, and, though heavy of wing, are angry with

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various

  • At night they camped upon great squares of tarpaulin and in the morning resumed their webfooted way.

    Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940

  • Although not webfooted, from some unaccountable habit, it is frequently met with far out at sea.

    Chapter V 1909

  • They were of the true webfooted breed in this hard-driven sloop-of-war, but there were no fair-weather mariners aboard the _Frolic_, and they hit the target much too often for comfort.

    The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 Ralph Delahaye Paine 1898

  • "When it hain't ben actually rainin 'the past two weeks, there's ben so much timidity in the atmosphere that I've got hoarse as a crow, and we'll all be webfooted pretty soon if it don't clear up."

    The Opened Shutters Clara Louise Burnham 1890

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