flippered

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adjective

Having flippers.

Opposite
flipperless
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectiveflippered (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving flippers.

    But researchers have little doubt that the figure is on a downward slide, as the polar ice sheet on which the mammal depends for every stage of its life thins and retreats from beneath its flippered feet.

    2008 May 20, Natalie Angier, “Ice Dwellers Are Finding Less Ice to Dwell On”, in New York Times

    Antonyms: flipperless

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of flipper

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving flippers.

Opposite
flipperless

Origin

From flipper + -ed.

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Cite this entry
APA

flippered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flippered

MLA

“flippered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flippered. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flippered,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flippered.

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