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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