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Definition of: pinniped
(pin′ə·ped) adjective
1. Having finlike locomotive organs.
2. Of or pertaining to a suborder (Pinnipedia) of aquatic carnivorous mammals, the seals and walruses.
—noun A fin–footed carnivorous mammal, as a walrus, seal, etc. [<NL Pinnipes, -pedis <L, wing–footed, fin–footed <pinna a wing, fin + pes, pedis a foot]
—pin′ni·pe′di·an (-pē′dē·ən) adjective & noun
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