Fis`si*pe"di*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fissus (p.p. of findere to cleave) + pes, pedis, a foot.] Zool.

A division of the Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, and bears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to Pinnipedia.

 

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