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From arse + foot.

noun arsefoots · arsefeet

  1. obsolete A great crested grebe or little grebe.
  2. informal, obsolete A penguin […] these birds, like Indian canoes, are the swiftest in the water by having their paddles in the rear. Our sailors, for this reason, give these birds the very homely, but expressive, name of arse-feet.

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@misc{arsefoot_2026,
  title = {arsefoot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arsefoot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}