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Noun: flipper  flipu(r)
  1. A shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
    - fin
     
  2. The flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming

Derived forms: flippers

See also: flip

Type of: limb, shoe

Part of: aquatic mammal, aquatic vertebrate

Encyclopedia: Flipper

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