'Pinniped' definitions:
Definition of 'pinniped'
(from WordNet)
noun
Aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers [syn: pinniped mammal, pinniped, pinnatiped]
Definition of 'Pinniped'
From: GCIDE
- Pinniped \Pin"ni*ped\, n. [L. pinna feather, fin + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. pinnip[`e]de.] (Zool.) (a) One of the Pinnipedia; a seal. (b) One of the Pinnipedes. [1913 Webster]