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pinniped的意思

pinniped

英 ['pɪnɪped] 美 ['pɪnəpɛd]
  • adj. 鳍足类的
  • n. 鳍足亚目

pinniped

英文词源


pinniped (n.)
1842, from Modern Latin Pinnipedia, suborder of aquatic carnivorous mammals (seals and walruses), literally "having feet as fins," from Latin pinna in secondary sense "fin" (see pin (n.)) + pes, genitive pedis "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)).