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1. (adj.) pinniped
belonging to the Pinnipedia, a grouping of carnivorous aquatic mammals that have their limbs broadened and flattened into flippers, as seals and walruses.
2. (n.) pinniped
a pinniped animal.
Etymology: (1835–45; < NL Pinnipedia. See pinna , -i -, -ped , -ia)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pinniped mammal, pinniped, pinnatiped
aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pinniped
one of the Pinnipedia; a seal
2. (noun) pinniped
one of the Pinnipedes
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