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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wing-footed

Wing-footed \Wing"-foot`ed\, a.

  1. Having wings attached to the feet; as, wing-footed Mercury; hence, swift; moving with rapidity; fleet.
    --Drayton.

  2. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. Having part or all of the feet adapted for flying.

    2. Having the anterior lobes of the foot so modified as to form a pair of winglike swimming organs; -- said of the pteropod mollusks.

Wiktionary
wing-footed

a. Having wings on the feet; very fast. alt. Having wings on the feet; very fast.

Usage examples of "wing-footed".

Nike had done a gangbanger business, too, till wing-footed Hermes hit her with a copyright-infringement suit that showed every sign of being as eternal as the gods.