单词 | pinniped |
释义 | pinniped[ pin-uh-ped ] / ˈpɪn əˌpɛd / adjectivebelonging to the Pinnipedia, a suborder of carnivores with limbs adapted to an aquatic life, including the seals and walruses. nouna pinniped animal. Origin of pinnipedFrom the New Latin word Pinnipedia, dating back to 1835–45. See pinna, -i-, -ped, -ia OTHER WORDS FROM pinnipedpin·ni·pe·di·an [pin-uh-pee-dee-uhn], /ˌpɪn əˈpi di ən/, adjective, nounWords nearby pinnipedpinnatipartite, pinnatiped, pinnatisect, pinner, pinnigrade, pinniped, pinnula, pinnulate, pinnule, pinny, pin oak Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for pinnipedpinniped pinnipedian (ˌpɪnɪˈpiːdɪən)/ (ˈpɪnɪˌpɛd) / adjectiveof, relating to, or belonging to the Pinnipedia, an order of aquatic placental mammals having a streamlined body and limbs specialized as flippers: includes seals, sea lions, and the walrus nounany pinniped animal Compare fissiped Word Origin for pinnipedC19: from New Latin pinnipēs, from Latin pinna feather, fin + pēs foot Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for pinnipedpinniped [ pĭn′ə-pĕd′ ] Any of various carnivorous, aquatic mammals of the group Pinnipedia, which some believe is a suborder of the Carnivora but others consider a separate mammalian order. Pinnipeds have long, smooth bodies and finlike flippers for swimming. Seals and walruses are pinnipeds. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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