Definition of "pinniped" []

• Of or belonging to the Pinnipedia, a suborder of carnivorous aquatic mammals that includes the seals, walruses, and similar animals having finlike flippers as organs of locomotion. (adjective)
• A mammal of the suborder Pinnipedia. (noun)

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• "He also said sometimes the cast will be distracted by whales or seals when filming (he totally used the word pinniped!)."
• "How many extant pinniped species remain to be described?"
• "Either way, this pinniped was understandably surprised to find us on his turf."