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- Dictionarypin·ni·ped/ˈpinəˌped/
noun
- 1. a carnivorous aquatic mammal of the order Pinnipedia, such as a seal or walrus.
adjective
- 1. relating to or denoting pinnipeds.
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Pinnipeds, commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals. They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus), Otariidae (the eared seals: sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless seals, or true seals), with 34 extant species and more than 50 extinct species described f... Wikipedia