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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Fettered \Fet"tered\, a. (Zool.)
      Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which
      bend backward, and appear unfit for walking.
      [1913 Webster]