PINNIPED


Meaning of PINNIPED in English

[pin.ni.ped] n [ultim. fr. L pinna + ped-, pes foot--more at foot] (ca. 1842): any of a suborder (Pinnipedia) of aquatic carnivorous mammals (as a seal or walrus) with all four limbs modified into flippers -- pinniped adj

Merriam-Webster English vocab.      Английский словарь Merriam Webster.