| NOUN | animal | pinniped, pinniped mammal, pinnatiped | aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers |
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| Meaning | aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers. | |
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| Synonyms | pinniped mammal, pinnatiped | |
| Member of | Pinnipedia, suborder Pinnipedia | seals |
| pod | A group of aquatic mammals | |
| Narrower | seal | Any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed |
| walrus, seahorse, sea horse | Either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber | |
| Broader | aquatic mammal | whales and dolphins |
| Spanish | pinnipedia, pinnípedo, pinnípedos | |
| Catalan | pinnípede, Pinnipedia, pinnípedo | |
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