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flipper

[ flip-er ]

noun

  1. a broad, flat limb, as of a seal or whale, especially adapted for swimming.
  2. Also called fin. one of a pair of paddlelike devices, usually of rubber, worn on the feet as an aid in scuba diving and swimming.
  3. Theater. a narrow flat hinged or attached at right angles to a larger flat.
  4. Slang. the hand.
  5. someone or something that flips.


flipper

/ ˈ´Ú±ôɪ±èÉ™ /

noun

  1. the flat broad limb of seals, whales, penguins, and other aquatic animals, specialized for swimming
  2. Also calledfin often plural either of a pair of rubber paddle-like devices worn on the feet as an aid in swimming, esp underwater
  3. cricket a ball bowled with backspin imparted by the action of the bowler's wrist
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

flipper

/ ´Ú±ôÄ­±è′ə°ù /

  1. A wide, flat limb adapted for swimming, found on aquatic animals such as whales, seals, and sea turtles. Flippers evolved from legs.
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Origin of flipper1

First recorded in 1815–25; flip 1 + -er 1
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Ms Williams said scuba tanks and flippers were the most common finds but the rarest discovery yet was the first Lego shark ever reported.

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Unlike me, however, my mom owned a cheap pair of flippers: those perfect, creepy-looking fake teeth toddlers wear in beauty pageants.

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Experts say that the whale — a 40-foot-long, approximately 5-year-old humpback — is likely in distress because the rope is tightly tied around its right flipper and extends through its mouth.

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The development of a claw or a flipper requires many particular different genes.

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By phenotype, Sackton means the actual expression of that trait, like having flippers or engaging in gaze following, as opposed to its genotype, meaning the genetic makeup that results in that trait.

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