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pinniped


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pinniped  \Pin"ni*ped\,  n.  [L.  pinna  feather,  fin  +  pes,  pedis,  a 
  foot:  cf  F.  pinnip[`e]de.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  One  of  the  Pinnipedia;  a  seal. 
  b  One  of  the  Pinnipedes. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pinniped 
  n  :  aquatic  carnivorous  mammal  having  a  streamlined  body 
  specialized  for  swimming  with  limbs  modified  as  flippers 
  [syn:  {pinniped  mammal},  {pinnatiped}] 




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