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Webster 1913 Edition
Pinnipedia
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Pinˊni-pe′di-a
,Noun.
pl.
[NL. So called because their webbed feet are used as paddles or fins.]
(Zool.)
A suborder of aquatic carnivorous mammals including the seals and walruses; – opposed to
Fissipedia
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Pinnipedia
Pinnipedia
Translingual
Proper noun
Pinnipedia
- A taxonomic clade within the suborder Caniformia – aquatic mammals, including walruses, fur seals and sea lions, and seals.
Hypernyms
- (clade): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder
Hyponyms
- (clade): Odobenidae, Otariidae, Phocidae - families
Related terms
Translations
taxonomic group
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