Definition of Suborder Pinnipedia

1. Noun. Seals; sea lions; walruses.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Suborder Pinnipedia

suborder Myxinoidei
suborder Natantia
suborder Nematocera
suborder Nothosauria
suborder Odontoceti
suborder Ophidia
suborder Ornithomimida
suborder Ornithopoda
suborder Oscines
suborder Osteostraci
suborder Otides
suborder Pachycephalosaurus
suborder Percoidea
suborder Petromyzoniformes
suborder Pinnipedia (current term)
suborder Plesiosauria
suborder Prosauropoda
suborder Prosimii
suborder Reptantia
suborder Ruminantia
suborder Sauria
suborder Sauropoda
suborder Sauropodomorpha
suborder Sciuromorpha
suborder Scombroidea
suborder Scorpaenoidea
suborder Serpentes
suborder Strepsirhini
suborder Tarsioidea

Literary usage of Suborder Pinnipedia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"Primitive Flesh-eaters. b. SUBORDER Fissipedia. Wolves, Bears, Weasels, Cats, etc. c. SUBORDER Pinnipedia. Marine Carnivores — Seals and Walruses. ..."

2. The Mammals of Illinois and Wisconsin by Charles Barney Cory (1912)
"suborder Pinnipedia. Seals and Walruses. Order INSECTIVORA. Insect Eaters. Suborder Insectivora Vera. Moles, Shrews, Hedgehogs, etc. Suborder Dermoptera. ..."

3. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"... suborder Pinnipedia Order Cetacea Order Ungulata Order Sirenia Eight orders CLASS REPTILIA « Amphibious Aquatic Swamp and river turtles Sea-turtles ..."

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