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Pinnipedia
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Pin`ni`pe´di`a
n. pl.1.(Zool.) A suborder of aquatic carnivorous mammals including the seals and walruses; - opposed to Fissipedia.
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Noun1.Pinnipedia - seals; sea lions; walruses
suborder Pinnipedia
animal order - the order of animals
Carnivora, order Carnivora - cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder 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
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