pinniped

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Alternative forms

• pinnipede

Etymology

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

Noun

pinniped (plural pinnipeds)

1. Any of various large marine mammals belonging to the parvorder Pinnipedia comprising walruses, eared seals and earless seals.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:pinniped

Translations

marine mammal

Bulgarian: перконого n (perkonogo) Catalan: pinnípede m Chinese: Mandarin: 鰭足類 / 鳍足类 (qízúlèi) Czech: ploutvonožec (cs) m Finnish: eväjalkainen French: pinnipède (fr) m German: Flossenfüßer m, Robbe (de) f (Robben (Pinnipedia)) Hungarian: úszólábú (hu), fókaalakú Icelandic: kobbi m Indonesian: anjing laut (id) Japanese: 鰭脚類 (ja) (ききゃくるい, kikyakurui) Kazakh: ескекаяқты (eskekaäqty) Polish: płetwonogie m pl Romanian: piniped (ro) n Russian: ластоно́гий (ru) (lastonógij) Spanish: pinnípedo m Swedish: säl (sv) c

Adjective

pinniped (comparative more pinniped, superlative most pinniped)

1. Pertaining to or similar to such a mammal.

Derived terms

• pinnipedian

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped- (0 c, 67 e)

Translations

pertaining to pinnipeds

Bulgarian: перконог (perkonog) Finnish: eväjalkainen Kazakh: ескекаяқты (eskekaäqty)

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “pinniped”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.