| Noun | 1. | suborder Pinnipedia - seals; sea lions; walruses 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 |