flipper
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishClothes, Animalsflipperflip‧per /ˈflɪpə $ -ər/ noun [countable]1 a flat part on the body of some large sea animals such as seals, that they use for swimming2
a large flat rubber shoe that you wear to help you swim fasterExamples from the Corpusflipper• A dolphin drew alongside, and by counter-opposing its flippers, barrel-rolled right in front of his mask.• All eventually disappeared except the rorqual's flippers and teeth, for which the Marine Biological Laboratory had put in a request.• A boy born with flippers, which never ceased twitching.FlipperFlippera US television programme from the 1960s in which a family become friends with a dolphin that they call ‘Flipper’
a large flat rubber shoe that you wear to help you swim fasterExamples from the Corpusflipper• A dolphin drew alongside, and by counter-opposing its flippers, barrel-rolled right in front of his mask.• All eventually disappeared except the rorqual's flippers and teeth, for which the Marine Biological Laboratory had put in a request.• A boy born with flippers, which never ceased twitching.FlipperFlippera US television programme from the 1960s in which a family become friends with a dolphin that they call ‘Flipper’- why etc exactly
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