Pinniped - comes from Latin words 
that mean "feather foot" and 
describes the water-dwelling 
%F,10,..\g\carivor%carnivores whose limbs have evolved 
into %F,10,..\g\flipper%flippers. Some scientists have 
classified the pinnipeds--seals, sea
lions and walruses--as an %F,10,..\h\order%order of 
%F,10,..\h\mammal%mammals, but most scientists 
classify these mammals as carnivores.

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