flippered
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The trainers flash huge smiles at their flippered pupils and applaud wildly.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
The head was only inches below the level of his flippered feet as he held to the weeds.
From Key Out of Time by Norton, Andre
A seal came and looked up at me, big tears rolling from her eyes; then she flippered aimlessly away, out of her poor wits with terror.
From The Mystery by White, Stewart Edward
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 Lanier, Sterling E.
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