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flipper [ˈflɪpəɐ, Am -ɚ] N

1. flipper ZOOL:

плавни́к m

2. flipper (foot attachment):

ла́сты мн

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The skeleton was 24 feet long with flippers. en.wikipedia.org

Occasionally a pinball machine will have a pin or post placed directly between the two bottom flippers. en.wikipedia.org

The flippers are small, rounded and set towards the front of the body. en.wikipedia.org

Thick blubber deposits provide insulation, as well, and blood vessels in the flippers and legs have evolved intricate structures to preserve heat. en.wikipedia.org

The pectoral flippers (at the sides of the body) are for steering; they contain bones homologous to the forelimbs of land mammals. en.wikipedia.org

The flippers are relatively short, with small slender claws. en.wikipedia.org

The flippers made a flying movement through the water. en.wikipedia.org

The leatherback's flippers are the largest in proportion to its body among extant sea turtles. en.wikipedia.org

Like all penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine lifestyle. en.wikipedia.org

These had reinforced shoulder girdles, flatter pelves, and more pointed flippers. en.wikipedia.org

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