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pinniped

DEFINITIONS OF: pinniped

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n aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers

Synonyms:
pinnatiped, pinniped mammal
Types:
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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
crab-eating seal, crabeater seal
silvery grey Antarctic seal subsisting on crustaceans
eared seal
pinniped mammal having external ear flaps and hind limbs used for locomotion on land; valued for its soft underfur
earless seal, hair seal, true seal
any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers
Atlantic walrus, Odobenus rosmarus
a walrus of northern Atlantic and Arctic waters
Odobenus divergens, Pacific walrus
a walrus of the Bering Sea and northern Pacific
Type of:
aquatic mammal
whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; seals
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