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flipper [ˈflɪpə] n 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the flat broad limb of seals, whales, penguins, and other aquatic animals, specialized for swimming 2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) (often plural) Also called fin either of a pair of rubber paddle-like devices worn on the feet as an aid in swimming, esp underwater 3. (Team Sports / Cricket) Cricket a ball bowled with topspin imparted by the action of the bowler's wrist
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Translations n flipper [ˈflipə] 1 a limb for swimming, especially of a seal, walrus etc. swempoot; swemvoet زِعْنِفَه плавник (на животно) ploutev luffe die Schwimmflosse πτερύγιο aleta loib باله räpylä nageoire סְנַפִּיר हिलने वाला अंग plovni ud (npr.peraja) uszony sirip hreifi; bægsli natatoia ひれ状の足 (바다표범 등의) 지느러미발 plaukmuo peldspura; peldplēve kaki sirip vin luffe płetwa barbatana înotătoare плавник; ласт plutva plavut peraje simfot, fena, labb ครีบ (ของแมวน้ำ, เพนกวิน) yüzgeç 闊鰭;鰭狀肢 ласти تیرنے میں مددگار بازو (động vật học) chân chèo 阔鳍;鳍状肢 2 a kind of rubber or plastic shoe, worn when swimming, which is shaped like the flipper of a seal etc. paddavoet زِعْنِفة سِباحَه بلاستيكيَّه плавник ploutev svømmefod die Taucherflosse βατραχοπέδιλο aleta (ujumis)lest کفش غواصی uimaräpylä palme(s) סְנַפִּיר फ्लिप पर तैरने में सहायता का उपकरण gumena peraja uszony sirip sundfit/-blaðka pinna 足ひれ 물갈퀴 plaukmuo (peldētāja) peldplezna kaki sirip getah zwemvlies svømmefot płetwa barbatana labă de cauciuc ласт plutva plavut peraja simfot ตีนกบ palet 橡皮腳掌 ласт تیرتے وقت پیر میں پہنے جانے والے بڑے جوتے bàn chân người nhái 橡皮脚掌 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| And then ounly percave the cuteness of the swate angel, for no sooner did she obsarve that I was afther the squazing of her flipper, than she up wid it in a jiffy, and put it away behind her back, jist as much as to say, "Now thin, Sir Pathrick O'Grandison, there's a bitther chance for ye, mavourneen, for it's not altogether the gentaal thing to be afther the squazing of my flipper right full in the sight of that little furrenner Frinchman, Mounseer Maiter-di-dauns. Meantime the old salt ("ex-coasting skipper" was writ large all over his person) had hobbled up alongside in his bumpy, shiny boots, and, waving an arm, short and thick like the flipper of a seal, terminated by a paw red as an uncooked beef-steak, addressed the poop in a muffled, faint, roaring voice, as if a sample of every North-Sea fog of his life had been permanently lodged in his throat: "Haul 'em round, Mr. Thus, we can hardly believe that the webbed feet of the upland goose or of the frigate-bird are of special use to these birds; we cannot believe that the same bones in the arm of the monkey, in the fore leg of the horse, in the wing of the bat, and in the flipper of the seal, are of special use to these animals. |
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