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pinniped

Adjective, Noun

pin=ni=ped

WORDNET DICTIONARY

pinniped(n = noun.animal) pinnatiped, pinniped mammal - aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers; Array

is a kind of aquatic mammal

is a member of pinnipedia, suborder pinnipedia, pod

has particulars: seal, sea horse, seahorse, walrus

pinniped, n. [L. pinna feather, fin + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. pinnipède.].

One of the Pinnipedia; a seal. [1913 Webster]

pinniped, adj. & n.
--adj. denoting any aquatic mammal with limbs ending in fins.
--n. a pinniped mammal.

Etymology

L pinna fin + pes ped- foot

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