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)
He flippered over to it and examined it.
From The Wailing Octopus by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
A big bull made a dash to get by; all the herd flippered after him.
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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