| 单词 | pinniped |
| 释义 | pinniped (once / 3939771 pages) n WORD FAMILY pinniped: pinnipeds USAGE EXAMPLESSome mammals, including elephants, whales, pinnipeds and dolphins, display vocal learning, but bats are much more practical to study. Nature(Nov 17, 2016) The orcas swam alongside each other, creating a wave that knocked the hapless pinniped into the water. Science Magazine(Jul 22, 2016) The pungent pinnipeds are sparking frustration from California to Canada. National Geographic(Jul 14, 2016) n aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers Syn|Hypo|Hyper pinnatiped, pinniped mammal seal any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions sea horse, seahorse, walruseither of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber crab-eating seal, crabeater sealsilvery grey Antarctic seal subsisting on crustaceans eared sealpinniped mammal having external ear flaps and hind limbs used for locomotion on land; valued for its soft underfur earless seal, hair seal, true sealany of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers Atlantic walrus, Odobenus rosmarusa walrus of northern Atlantic and Arctic waters Odobenus divergens, Pacific walrusa walrus of the Bering Sea and northern Pacific aquatic mammal whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; seals |
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