AL'IPED, adjective [Latin ala, wing, and pes, foot.] Wing-footed; having the toes connected by a membrane, which serves as a wing. AL'IPED, noun [Supra.] An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, and which thus serve for wings; a cheiropter; as, the bat.
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