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PINNIPEDIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
Pinnipedia; suborder Pinnipedia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pinnipedia" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Pinnipedia"):
pinnatiped; pinniped; pinniped mammal (aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers)
family Otariidae; Otariidae (eared seals: sea lions and fur seals)
family Phocidae; Phocidae (earless seals)
family Odobenidae; Odobenidae (walruses and extinct forms)
Holonyms ("Pinnipedia" is a member of...):
Carnivora; order Carnivora (cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia)