pinniped

English

Alternative forms

• pinnipede

Etymology

Latin pinna (“fin”) + pes (“foot”)

Noun

pinniped (plural pinnipeds)

1. 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)

1. 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.