Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Steganopodes \Steg`a*nop"o*des\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?,
   web-footed; ? covered + ? foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A division of swimming birds in which all four toes are
   united by a broad web. It includes the pelicans, cormorants,
   gannets, and others.