[ noun ] aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers <noun.animal>
Pinniped \Pin"ni*ped\, n. [L. pinna feather, fin + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. pinnip[`e]de.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) One of the Pinnipedia; a seal. (b) One of the Pinnipedes.