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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 flippers

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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