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PINNIPEDIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Seals; sea lions; walruses

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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