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pinniped

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to or similar to such a mammal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pinnipedian

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A marine mammal belonging to the parvorder Pinnipedia, comprising walruses, eared seals and earless seals, characterized by four limbs modified into flippers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: marine mammal, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature

3

noun

Meaning 3

aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pinniped mammal, pinnatiped

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: aquatic mammal

Narrower terms: seal, walrus, seahorse, sea horse

History

Etymology

From Latin pinna (“fin”) + pes (“foot”).

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: перконог (perkonog) — pertaining to pinnipeds
  • Finnish: eväjalkainen — pertaining to pinnipeds
  • Kazakh: ескекаяқты (eskekaäqty) — pertaining to pinnipeds
  • Polish: płetwonogi — pertaining to pinnipeds
  • Azerbaijani: pərayaqlı — marine mammal
  • Bulgarian: перконого (perkonogo) — marine mammal
  • Catalan: pinnípede — marine mammal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鰭足類 /鳍足类 (qízúlèi) — marine mammal
  • Czech: ploutvonožec — marine mammal
  • Finnish: eväjalkainen — marine mammal
  • French: pinnipède — marine mammal
  • German: Flossenfüßer — marine mammal
  • German: Robbe — marine mammal
  • Hungarian: úszólábú — marine mammal
  • Hungarian: fókaalakú — marine mammal
  • Icelandic: kobbi — marine mammal
  • Indonesian: anjing laut — marine mammal
  • Japanese: 鰭脚類 (kikyakurui) — marine mammal
  • Kazakh: ескекаяқты (eskekaäqty) — marine mammal
  • Polish: płetwonóg — marine mammal
  • Romanian: piniped — marine mammal
  • Russian: ластоно́гий (lastonógij) — marine mammal
  • Spanish: pinnípedo — marine mammal
  • Swedish: säl — marine mammal