Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pinnipedia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pinnipedia \Pin`ni*pe"di*a\, n. pl. [NL. So called because their
webbed feet are used as paddles or fins.] (Zo["o]l.)
A suborder of aquatic carnivorous mammals including the seals
and walruses; -- opposed to Fissipedia.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Pinnipedia
n : seals; sea lions; walruses [syn: {Pinnipedia}, {suborder
Pinnipedia}]
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