flippered

English

Etymology

flipper +‎ -ed

Adjective

flippered (not comparable)

1. Having flippers.
   • 2008 May 20, Natalie Angier, “Ice Dwellers Are Finding Less Ice to Dwell On”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Derived terms

• white-flippered penguin

Verb

flippered

1. simple past and past participle of flipper

Anagrams

• reflipped