aquatic mammal

Noun
  • Whales and dolphins
    Manatees and dugongs
    Walruses
    Seals (synset 102064670)
    hypernym: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
    hyponym:
    • blower, cetacean, cetacean mammal - large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
    • sea cow, sirenian, sirenian mammal - any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs
    • pinnatiped, pinniped, pinniped mammal - aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers
    part holonym: flipper - the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming

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