PINNIPED


Meaning of PINNIPED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpi-nə-ˌped ]

noun

Etymology: ultimately from Latin pinna + ped-, pes foot — more at foot

Date: 1866

: any of an order or suborder (Pinnipedia) of aquatic carnivorous mammals (as a seal or walrus) with all four limbs modified into flippers

• pinniped adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.