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SUBORDER PINNIPEDIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does suborder Pinnipedia mean?
• SUBORDER PINNIPEDIA (noun)
The noun SUBORDER PINNIPEDIA has 1 sense:
1. seals; sea lions; walruses
Familiarity information: SUBORDER PINNIPEDIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Seals; sea lions; walruses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Pinnipedia; suborder Pinnipedia
Hypernyms ("suborder Pinnipedia" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "suborder 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 ("suborder Pinnipedia" is a member of...):
Carnivora; order Carnivora (cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia)
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