pinniped (redirected from pinniped stranding)

pin·ni·ped  (pn-pd)

adj.

Of or belonging to the Pinnipedia, a suborder of carnivorous aquatic mammals that includes the seals, walruses, and similar animals having finlike flippers as organs of locomotion.

n.

A mammal of the suborder Pinnipedia.

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[From New Latin Pinnipedia, order name : Latin pinna, feather; see pinna + Latin ps, ped-, foot; see -ped.]

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pinniped [ˈpɪnɪˌpɛd], pinnipedian [ˌpɪnɪˈpiːdɪən]

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Pinnipedia, an order of aquatic placental mammals having a streamlined body and limbs specialized as flippers: includes seals, sea lions, and the walrus

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any pinniped animal Compare fissiped

[from New Latin pinnipēs, from Latin pinna feather, fin + pēs foot]

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pinniped  (pn-pd)

Any of various carnivorous, aquatic mammals of the group Pinnipedia, which some believe is a suborder of the Carnivora but others consider a separate mammalian order. Pinnipeds have long, smooth bodies and finlike flippers for swimming. Seals and walruses are pinnipeds.

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Noun

1.

pinniped - aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers pinnatiped, pinniped mammal aquatic mammal - whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; seals Pinnipedia, suborder Pinnipedia - seals; sea lions; walruses 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 pod - a group of aquatic mammals