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pin·ni·ped P0317800 (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.pinniped (ˈpɪnɪˌpɛd) or pinnipedianadj (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 walrusn (Animals) any pinniped animal[C19: from New Latin pinnipēs, from Latin pinna feather, fin + pēs foot]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. [1835–45; < New Latin Pinnipedia. See pinna, -i-, -ped, -ia] 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.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  pinniped - aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flipperspinnatiped, pinniped mammalaquatic mammal - whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; sealsPinnipedia, suborder Pinnipedia - seals; sea lions; walrusesseal - any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regionssea horse, seahorse, walrus - either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubberpod - a group of aquatic mammals |
pinnipedenUK
pinniped: see sealseal,
carnivorous aquatic mammal with front and hind feet modified as flippers, or fin-feet. The name seal is sometimes applied broadly to any of the fin-footed mammals, or pinnipeds, including the walrus, the eared seals (sea lion and fur seal), and the true seals, also called
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pin·ni·ped (pin'i-ped), A member of the suborder Pinnipedia, aquatic carnivorous mammals with all four limbs modified into flippers (for example, seal, walrus). [L. pinna, feather (wing), + pes (ped-), foot] FinancialSeesealpinnipedenUK
Related to pinniped: PinnipediaSynonyms for pinnipednoun aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippersSynonyms- pinnatiped
- pinniped mammal
Related Words- aquatic mammal
- Pinnipedia
- suborder Pinnipedia
- seal
- sea horse
- seahorse
- walrus
- pod
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