Pinnipedia
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin pinna (“fin”) + pes (“foot”) + -ia
Proper noun
Pinnipedia
- A taxonomic parvorder within the order Carnivora – aquatic mammals, including walruses, fur seals and sea lions, and seals.
Hypernyms
- (parvorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia – suborder
Hyponyms
- (parvorder): Odobenidae, Otariidae, Phocidae – families
Related terms
Translations
taxonomic group
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References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Pinnipedia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- Pinnipedia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pinnipedia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies