Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In ornithology:
  • Same as Pinnatipedes.
  • Same as Totipalmatæ or Steganopodes.
  • In mammalogy, same as Pinnipedia.
  • In Crustacea, crabs which have some of the limbs like flippers, fitted for swimming; the paddle-crabs, shuttle-crabs, or swimming-crabs. See cut under paddle-crab.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Zoöl.) Same as steganopodes.

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