pinniped Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers
    pinnatiped; pinniped mammal.

WordNet

Pin"ni*ped noun
Etymology
L. pinna feather, fin + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. pinnipède.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) One of the Pinnipedia; a seal. (b) One of the Pinnipedes.

Webster 1913