a. 1. Furnished with oars; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a four-oared boat. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Zool.) (a) Having feet adapted for swimming. (b) Totipalmate; -- said of the feet of certain birds. See Illust. of Aves. [ 1913 Webster ]
Oared shrew (Zool.), an aquatic European shrew (Crossopus ciliatus); -- called also black water shrew. [ 1913 Webster ]