- suborder Pinnipedia
- nounseals; sea lions; walruses• Syn: ↑Pinnipedia• Hypernyms: ↑animal order• Member Holonyms: ↑Carnivora, ↑order Carnivora• Member Meronyms:
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suborder Pinnipedia
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Pinnipedia — noun seals; sea lions; walruses • Syn: ↑suborder Pinnipedia • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Carnivora, ↑order Carnivora • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
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}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pinnipedia — noun A taxonomic group consisting of three families Odobenidae (walruses), Otariidae (fur seals and sea lions) and Phocidae (seals). It was formerly classified as its own suborder within order Carnivora, but is now considered a superfamily within … Wiktionary
Pinnipedia — n. suborder of aquatic mammals comprised of the seals and walruses … English contemporary dictionary
pinniped — pinnipedian /pin euh pee dee euhn/, adj., n. /pin euh ped /, adj. 1. belonging to the Pinnipedia, a suborder of carnivores with limbs adapted to an aquatic life, including the seals and walruses. n. 2. a pinniped animal. [1835 45; < NL Pinnipedia … Universalium
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
Carnivora — Taxobox name = Carnivora fossil range = Paleocene to Recent image width = 190px image caption = American Badger regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia infraclassis = Eutheria superordo = Laurasiatheria ordo = Carnivora ordo… … Wikipedia
Eared seal — Eared seals Temporal range: 12–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Sea lion — This article is about the aquatic mammal. For other uses, see Sea lion (disambiguation). Otariids Temporal range: Late Oligocene – Recent California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) … Wikipedia
Marine mammal — A Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), a member of order Cetacea … Wikipedia
