Meaning

1 senses
  1. A marine mammal belonging to the parvorder Pinnipedia, comprising walruses, eared seals and earless seals, characterized by four limbs modified into flippers.

    Flossenfüßer, Robbe

    ластоно́гийlastonógij

    aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Seals, sea lions and walruses are all a type of pinniped.

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  2. Animals such as seals, sea lions, and walruses are examples of pinnipeds.

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Translations

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marine mammal:
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marine mammal:

Forms

plural: pinnipeds

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers:pinniped mammalpinnatiped

Word family

1 related words

See also

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