lob1ped

[LOBIPES.] Zool.: A bird belonging to the family Lobiped i dae (q. v.); a lobe-foot. *lōb-1-ped-1-dæ, s . pl . [Modern Latin lobipes gen it. lobiped ( is ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ide.J Ornith.: A family of wading birds, having the anterior toes lobed or semi-palmated. By many naturalists this family is merged in Scolopacidæ.