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Pinniped

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pinnatipednounaquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers
pinniped mammalnounaquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers

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pinnatipednounaquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers
pinniped mammalnounaquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers
sealnounA pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
polygynynounThe state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives.
pinnipedenounAlternative form of pinniped. [Any of various large marine mammals belonging to the parvorder Pinnipedia comprising walruses, eared seals and earless seals.]
pinnipedimorphnounAny seal of the clade Pinnipedimorpha
sea bearnoun(now rare or puristic) A polar bear, Ursus maritimus.
pinnigradenoun(zoology, obsolete) A pinniped.
fur sealnounAny marine mammal of the genera Arctocephalus and Callorhinus, differing from the sea lions in having dense underfur.
sea lionnounA marine mammal of most genera in the family Otariidae (the eared seals).
hair sealnounespecially the true seals or earless seals of family Phocidae.
eared sealnounA seal belonging in the Otariidae family; a fur seal or a sea lion, differing from the true seals in having small, visible ears and the ability to walk on land.
elephant sealnounLarge marine mammals of the genus Mirounga, the largest of the pinnipeds.
enaliarctidnoun(zoology) Any extinct pinniped in the family Enaliarctidae.
odobenidnoun(mammalogy) Any of the family Odobenidae; a walrus
ursine sealnoun(archaic) Any of several species of eared seal, but especially the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus
bearded sealnounErignathus barbatus, an earless seal with conspicuous whiskers, found in and around the Arctic Ocean.
whalenounAny one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.
pinnotherid(zoology) Any crab in the family Pinnotheridae.
leopard sealnounA large pinniped mammal (Hydrurga leptonyx) found in the Antarctic.

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