pinniped
noun, adjective
pinniped is spelled P-I-N-N-I-P-E-D: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pinniped means “A marine mammal belonging to the parvorder Pinnipedia, comprising walruses, eared seals and earless seals, characterized by four limbs modified into…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pinniped is pinnipeds.
How many letters and syllables are in pinniped?
| Letters | 8: P-I-N-N-I-P-E-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 42 million words; the 199,120th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is pinniped?
Pinniped appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pinniped?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pinniped.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pinniped
- pinnipeds plural
- pinnipede
- more pinniped comparative
- most pinniped superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pinniped mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A marine mammal belonging to the parvorder Pinnipedia, comprising walruses, eared seals and earless seals, characterized by four limbs modified into flippers.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to or similar to such a mammal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pinniped in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense marine mammal:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pinniped come from?
From Latin pinna (“fin”) + pes (“foot”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).