Palmate

a. [Lat. palmātus, from palma, the palm of the hand.] Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread; especially, (a.) (Bot.) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers. Gray. (b.) (Zoöl.) Having a membrane filling up the space between the toes, so that the feet make a hand-like impression, as in web-footed birds. Dana.