Family of aquatic mammals including seals, walruses and sea lions.

Pin"ni*ped (?), n. [L. pinna feather, fin + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. pinnipede.] Zool. (a)

One of the Pinnipedia; a seal.

(b)

One of the Pinnipedes.

 

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