Pinniped

Word PINNIPED
Character 8
Hyphenation pin ni ped
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Pinniped"

What do we mean by pinniped?

Any of various carnivorous aquatic mammals of the suborder (or superfamily) Pinnipedia, having flippers as organs of locomotion and including the seals and the walrus. noun

Fin-footed, in any sense; having feet like fins or flippers. Specifically

A member of the Pinnipedes or Pinnipedia: opposed to fissiped. noun

One of the Pinnipedia; a seal. noun

One of the Pinnipedes. noun

Any of various large marine mammals belonging to the superfamily (formerly considered a suborder) Pinnipedia comprising walruses, eared seals and earless seals. noun

Pertaining to or similar to such a mammal. adjective

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

Any of various large marine mammals belonging to the superfamily (formerly considered a suborder) Pinnipedia comprising walruses, eared seals and earless seals.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Pinniped

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The word "pinniped" in example sentences

He also said sometimes the cast will be distracted by whales or seals when filming (he totally used the word pinniped!). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Then again, I'm positively balmy myself, so I was prepared to perambulate with a pack of pinniped pals. ❋ Jerry Zezima (2011)

On Monday, more than 400 people came to see Silent Knight during the center's visiting hours, fascinated by the plight of the wounded pinniped, said Jeff Boehm, the center's executive director. ❋ AP (2011)

How many extant pinniped species remain to be described? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Either way, this pinniped was understandably surprised to find us on his turf. ❋ Matt Villano (2011)

Swimming frantically with a distinctly non-pinniped stroke, we quickly realized who the oil-sodden grotesquerie paddling to shore was. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But no rule of surf etiquette said I had to yield to a pinniped. ❋ Peter Heller (2010)

Any female sea lion/fur seal that comes ashore on his little fiefdom is added to the harem, even if it means biting her and tossing her around a sort of pinniped apache dance or sitting on her to get her to stay put. ❋ Peter Rozovsky (2010)

It probably ran like a dog on land very unlike a modern pinniped but spent much of its time in water, where it swam like a dog, unlike either of the two styles adopted respectively by modern seals and sea lions. ❋ RICHARD DAWKINS (2009)

Marine biologists are uncertain if it is a whale or pinniped (or something else). ❋ Unknown (2007)

I dunno, they seem all very healthy and vivacious for being pinniped hillbillies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This complex interaction between climate and pinniped survival has a pronounced effect on major commercial fisheries in the eastern Bering Sea under US jurisdiction. ❋ Unknown (2009)

July 2, 2008 at 12:29 pm ah, teh sadness of teh bukkitless pinniped … wut can we dew eggsept has a drink in his honor? ❋ Unknown (2008)

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