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foreflipper

foreflipper noun: the forelimb of a sea lion, seal, turtle, etc.

Noun

foreflipper (plural foreflippers)

  1. The forelimb of a sea lion, seal, turtle, etc.
    • Coordinate term: hindflipper
    • He crouched low on the creature's back and took a firm grip on the rim of the shell just above each fore-flipper.1959, Moore Raymond, Smiley Roams the Road, London: Hulton Press, page 100

Forms of foreflipper

pluralforeflippers

Origin of foreflipper

From fore- + flipper.

Questions about foreflipper

What does foreflipper mean?
Foreflipper means the forelimb of a sea lion, seal, turtle, etc.
What part of speech is foreflipper?
Foreflipper is a noun.
What is the plural of foreflipper?
The plural of foreflipper is foreflippers.

Words near foreflipper in the dictionary

  1. forefixed
  2. forefixes
  3. forefixing
  4. foreflight
  5. foreflights
  6. foreflipper
  7. foreflippers
  8. foreflow
  9. foreflowed
  10. foreflowing
  11. foreflows

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