flippered
Americanadjective
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The trainers flash huge smiles at their flippered pupils and applaud wildly.
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He flippered over to it and examined it.
From The Wailing Octopus by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
Then the camera followed as Scotty flippered smoothly down into the deep water.
From The Wailing Octopus by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
He struggled for footing and turned in time to thrust a flippered foot into the stomach of the frogman behind him.
From The Wailing Octopus by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
They stood on short powerful legs, terminating in flippered feet, and their long arms were flanged to the second elbow with a rubbery fin.
From Join Our Gang? by Sterling E. Lanier
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