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    PINNIPEDIA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Seals; sea lions; walrusesplay

    Synonyms:

    Pinnipedia; suborder Pinnipedia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    animal order (the order of animals)

    Meronyms (members of "Pinnipedia"):

    pinnatiped; pinniped; pinniped mammal (aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers)

    family Otariidae; Otariidae (eared seals: sea lions and fur seals)

    family Phocidae; Phocidae (earless seals)

    family Odobenidae; Odobenidae (walruses and extinct forms)

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

    Carnivora; order Carnivora (cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia)

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