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flippered

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[flip-erd] / ˈflɪp ərd /

adjective

  1. having flippers (often used in combination).


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The trainers flash huge smiles at their flippered pupils and applaud wildly.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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