PINNIPED


Meaning of PINNIPED in English

(suborder Pinnipedia), any of various families of aquatic, fin-footed mammals in the order Carnivora, often considered a separate order. There are three existing families of pinnipeds: Odobenidae (see walrus) and Phocidae and Otariidae (see seal).

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