pinniped
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pin·ni·ped
(pĭn′ə-pĕd′)n.
Any of various carnivorous aquatic mammals of the suborder (or superfamily) Pinnipedia, having flippers as organs of locomotion and including the seals and the walrus.
[From New Latin Pinnipedia, order name : Latin pinna, feather; see pinna + Latin pēs, ped-, foot; see -ped.]
pin′ni·ped′ adj.
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pinniped
(ˈpɪnɪˌpɛd) orpinnipedian
adj
(Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Pinnipedia, an order of aquatic placental mammals having a streamlined body and limbs specialized as flippers: includes seals, sea lions, and the walrus
n
(Animals) any pinniped animal
[C19: from New Latin pinnipēs, from Latin pinna feather, fin + pēs foot]
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pin•ni•ped
(ˈpɪn əˌpɛd)adj.
1. belonging to the Pinnipedia, a grouping of carnivorous aquatic mammals that have their limbs broadened and flattened into flippers, as seals and walruses.
n. 2. a pinniped animal.
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pin·ni·ped
(pĭn′ə-pĕd′) Any of various carnivorous, aquatic mammals having long, smooth bodies and fin-like flippers for swimming. Pinnipeds include the seals and walruses.
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| Noun | 1. | pinniped - aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippersaquatic mammal - whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; seals Pinnipedia, suborder Pinnipedia - seals; sea lions; walruses seal - any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions sea horse, seahorse, walrus - either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber pod - a group of aquatic mammals |
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pinniped - aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers