pinniped

English

Alternative forms

pinnipede

Etymology

Latin pinna (“fin”) + pes (“foot”)

Noun

pinniped (plural pinnipeds)

Any of various large marine mammals belonging to the superfamily (formerly considered a suborder) Pinnipedia comprising walruses, eared seals and earless seals.

Hyponyms

See also Thesaurus:pinniped

Translations

marine mammal

Bulgarian: перконого n (perkonogo)
Catalan: pinnípede m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鰭足類／鳍足类 (qízúlèi)
Czech: ploutvonožec (cs) m
Finnish: eväjalkainen
French: pinnipède (fr) m
German: Flossenfüßer m, Robbe (de) f (Robben (Pinnipedia))
Hungarian: úszólábú (hu), fókaalakú
Indonesian: anjing laut (id)
Japanese: 鰭脚類 (ja) (ききゃくるい, kikyakurui)
Kazakh: ескекаяқты (eskekaäqty)
Polish: płetwonogie m pl
Romanian: piniped (ro) n
Russian: ластоно́гий (ru) (lastonógij)
Spanish: pinnípedo m
Swedish: säl (sv) c

Adjective

pinniped (comparative more pinniped, superlative most pinniped)

Pertaining to or similar to such a mammal.

Derived terms

pinnipedian

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped-‎ (0 c, 57 e)

Translations

pertaining to pinnipeds

Bulgarian: перконог (perkonog)
Finnish: eväjalkainen
Kazakh: ескекаяқты (eskekaäqty)

Further reading

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pinniped”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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