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 Definitions of pinniped  [ˈpɪn əˌpɛd]  

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Definition of 'pinniped' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'pinniped' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) pinniped mammal, pinniped, pinnatiped
aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers


Definition of 'pinniped' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) pinniped
one of the Pinnipedia; a seal

2. (noun) pinniped
one of the Pinnipedes



'pinniped' - Nearby Entries  

pinned  pinner  pinning  pinniped  pinniped mammal  pinnipedia  pinnish mark  



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