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Definition of Pinniped
1. Noun. Aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers.
Generic synonyms: Aquatic Mammal
Group relationships: Pinnipedia, Suborder Pinnipedia, Pod
Specialized synonyms: Seal, Sea Horse, Seahorse, Walrus
Definition of Pinniped
1. n. One of the Pinnipedia; a seal.
Definition of Pinniped
1. Noun. Any of various large marine mammals belonging to the superfamily (formerly conisederd a suborder) ''Pinnipedia '' comprising walruses, eared seals and earless seals. ¹
2. Adjective. Pertaining to such a mammal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pinniped
1. a mammal with limbs modified into flippers [n -S]
Medical Definition of Pinniped
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinniped
Literary usage of Pinniped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Additions to the Pleistocene Mammal Faunas of South Carolina, North Carolina by Albert E. Sanders (2002)
"More recently, the distal end of a left humérus of a pinniped was recognized
among several vertebrate fossils collected by Robert L. Johnson of Myrtle Beach ..."
2. Outlines of Chinese Art by John Calvin Ferguson (1919)
"With these are intermixed undeveloped animal forms, such as k'uei wen or "pinniped
pattern," p'an- k'uei wen or "coiled pinniped pattern," ..."
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