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pinniped::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pinnatiped, pinniped mammal |
| Type of | aquatic mammal |
| Has types | walrus, sea horse, seahorse, seal |
Examples of pinniped
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Pinniped eyes are well adapted for seeing both above and below the water surface.
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Operators in South Africa and Australia continue to use hang baits and pinniped decoys.
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Otoliths cannot be used alone to reliably estimate cetacean or pinniped diets, however.
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Pinniped limbs, or flippers, are proportionally shorter than those of most other mammals.
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Then again, I'm positively balmy myself, so I was prepared to perambulate with a pack of pinniped pals.
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There was little reason to doubt the products had at one time been attached to an unlucky pinniped.
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For example, the Caribbean monk seal, the only pinniped ever to occur in the Caribbean, is now extinct.
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The earliest fossil pinniped that has been found is Puijila darwini, of about 23 million years ago.
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For whites, a seal is a kind of pinniped PowerBar.
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- Pinniped mammal: aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers
- Pinnipeds (from Latin pinna, wing or fin, and ped-, foot) or fin-footed mammals are a widely distributed and diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals comprising the families Odobenidae (the walrus), Otariidae (eared seals, including sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (earless seals).
- Any of various large marine mammals belonging to the superfamily (formerly conisederd a suborder) Pinnipedia comprising walruses, eared seals and earless seals; Pertaining to such a mammal
- (Pinnipeds) Aquatic mammals having flippers. Includes seals, sea lions and walruses.
- (Pinnipeds) A group of marine animals that is found over most of the world. Pinna, means wing or fin + pedis, meaning foot. Walrus, seals and sea lions are all Pinnipeds.
- An animalAny living thing that is not a plant. Most animals can move about freely. All use plants or other animals as food. All have sensory organs. classification order, from the Latin words meaning feather feet, as all pinnipeds have four flippers. ...
- Flipper or fin feet - group name for aquatic animals (Seals and Sea Lions).
