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    PINNIPED

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    pinnatiped; pinniped; pinniped mammal

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("pinniped" is a kind of...):

    aquatic mammal (whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; seals)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pinniped"):

    seal (any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions)

    sea horse; seahorse; walrus (either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber)

    Holonyms ("pinniped" is a member of...):

    Pinnipedia; suborder Pinnipedia (seals; sea lions; walruses)

    pod (a group of aquatic mammals)

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