noun
- marine mammals with flippers, including seals, sea lions, and walruses
Usage: scientific term; plural form
Examples
- Pinnipeds are well-adapted to life in the water.
- The zoo’s marine exhibit features several species of pinnipeds.
- Scientists study how pinnipeds navigate underwater.
- Pinnipeds come ashore to breed and give birth.
- The Arctic is home to many different pinnipeds.
- Pinnipeds use their flippers for both swimming and moving on land.