Duck-footed
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duck-footed
- Having splayfoot; habitually standing or walking with the ends of the feet angled outward.
- 1901, H._Rider_Haggard, Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch, ch. 5,I am tired of these duck-footed Leydeners, who daren't wink at a donkey lest he should bray.
- 1967, "Inefficient But Fast," Time, 9 Jun.,Texas Southern's Jim Hines, 20, is not the least bit pigeon-toed—in fact, he's just a little duck-footed, and it may be a good thing.