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Pinniped - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Pinniped : (noun)
1: aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body
specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers
[syn: pinniped mammal, pinnatiped]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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