ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TOTIPALMATE
From Latin tōtus entire + palmate, from Latin palmātus shaped like a hand, from palmapalm1.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOTIPALMATE»
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totipalmate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Bird Tracks & Sign: A Guide to North American Species
Totipalmate tracks (illustrated on page 28) are also webbed but have additional
webbing found between toes 1 and 2; every toe is included in the webbing.
Should the webbing be unclear, toti- palmate tracks are also distinguished by toe
4 ...
Mark Elbroch, Eleanor Marie Marks, C. Diane Boretos, 2001
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A Guide to The Maximus Poems of Charles Olson
I.37. totipalmate / is the toe . . . On the same page as the definition of "tropaeolum"
in Webster's Collegiate, p. 1072, is an entry for the "tropic bird," with an illustration
: "Any of several totipalmate birds (genus Phanethon) found chiefly in tropical ...
George F. Butterick, 1980
3
Charles Olson: Call Him Ishmael
“Metacenter,” “nasturtium,” “Tropaeolum” “totipalmate”—words runacrossin
thumbing the dictionary—the imagination will bindintoa form. The nasturtium is a
tropical plant, genus Tropaeolum; totipalmate birds areofthe genus Phaëthon and
...
4
Life Traces of the Georgia Coast: Revealing the Unseen Lives ...
Palmate and totipalmate tracks are both characterized by full webbing between
the digits, also called distal webbing because it is further out on the foot and
nearthe ends ofdigits (Figure 8.2b,c). As canbe easily guessed, these tracks
indicate ...
Hence the totipalmate foot and the gu- lar pouch either evolved by convergence
in separate lineages or were inherited from a distant common ancestor of several
groups of birds. In descendants that do not show these characters their genetic ...
6
Field Guide to Animal Tracks and Scat of California
... tracks: toe 1 is not included in the length, because it shows unreliably in the
tracks of some species. Families include loons, swans, geese, ducks, avocets,
gulls, and terns. The totipalmate structure of a Brown Pelican foot. Totipalmate
Tracks.
Lawrence Mark Elbroch, Michael Raymond Kresky, Jonah Wy Evans, 2012
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Manual for the Identification of the Birds of Minnesota and ...
TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS (Order Pelecaniformes) KEY TO MINNESOTA
FAMILIES 1. A large pouch under bill; our species white Pelicans, Pelecanidae (
below) la. A bare space in neck under bill but no distinct pouch. Our species
black or ...
Perhaps the most prominent of these is the totipalmate foot. designating that each
of the bird's four toes are joined by webs, not just the front three toes as is the
case with most water birds, As you might surmise from the article's title,
cormorants ...
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The Double-Crested Cormorant: Symbol of Ecological Conflict
The totipalmate foot, the second characteristic feature of pelicanlike birds, is
different from the webbed foot of ducks and geese with which many of us are
familiar. Ducks and geese swim on the surface propelled by feet with three
webbed toes ...
10
Molecules and Morphology in Evolution: Conflict Or Compromise?
The Shoebill, pelicans, and the totipalmate birds (Fig. 4.2) The Shoebill (
Balaeniceps) is a large, stork-like bird that lives in the papyrus swamps of east
Africa. Its enormous bill is adapted for feeding on lungfishes and other swamp
creatures.
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOTIPALMATE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
totipalmate is used in the context of the following news items.
A tale of two pelicans
They are the only bird with a totipalmate foot, i.e., all four of their toes are united by a web. They use these feet to walk, paddle and incubate their eggs by ... «Bay Area Reporter, Oct 14»
Cormorant are a blast from the past
The order is composed of families that are totipalmate — their four toes are connected totally by webs of skin. Pelecaniformes are the oldest avian species still ... «Columbia Daily Tribune, Aug 14»
Double-crested cormorants a marvel of adaptation
Its toes are what is called totipalmate, meaning fully webbed between all four toes, making the feet powerful paddles for chasing fish. Another adaptation is ... «Bismarck Tribune, Sep 11»
Today's Mystery Bird for you to Identify
NOTE: Pelecaniformes are not included here because all four of their toes are webbed (totipalmate), and Podicipediformes (and the coots) are not included here ... «ScienceBlogs, Jun 10»
