pinnipedian

Variant of pinniped

adjective

having finlike feet or flippers

Origin: < ModL Pinnipedia < L pinnapes, pinnipes, having winged feet < pinna, feather, fin (see pen) + pes, foot

noun

a pinniped carnivore, as a seal or walrus
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
link/cite print suggestion box