flippered
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The monster’s legend dates back nearly 2,000 years, to a northern Scottish tribe that carved images of a strange, flippered beast into its nature artwork — among the usual depictions of geese, horses and deer.
From Washington Post
There’s no big-screen release for this sequel, but audiences can still watch these lovable flippered birds trek across “unforgiving yet mesmerizing landscapes,” as Morgan Freeman intones.
From New York Times
The flippered pair have matching full mustaches.
From Seattle Times
Qari spoke one day recently as she strapped a dive vest and air tank over her wet suit and flippered into the Red Sea with an underwater camera in her hand.
From Washington Post
The black-furred, flippered newborn is being nursed with a special milk formula through a feeding tube because the mother is too sick to care for her.
From Washington Times
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