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Meanings of flipper in anglès

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A shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)

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        Usage of flipper in anglès
        1
        Flip - Left flipper amputee, Flip, is generally a well behaved penguin.
        Radio NZ
        2
        And fishing line is still attached-seehow it's wrapped around the flipper?
        Shock
        3
        We made a terrible discovery in a hoosh tonight: a penguin's flipper.
        South with Scott
        4
        At last he shot a square flipper seal and dragged it home.
        A Labrador Doctor / The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfe...
        5
        Buffett, according to Fama, was in all probability a lucky coin flipper.
        The quants: how a new breed of math whizzes conquered wall stree...
        6
        We found flipper, body and leg bones and they are truly huge.
        Radio NZ
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        Finally, the line dropped away and the turtle's flipper came free.
        Shock
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        We then overlaid a DHTML news flipper on top to replace the headlines.
        Website optimization
        9
        An infrared marker was placed on the translation mount secured to the flipper.
        Pubmed
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        The goalkeeper had expected the flipper over the wall towards the other corner.
        The Guardian
        11
        And all that time he never set flipper on dry ground.
        The Jungle Book
        12
        Give us your flipper, my boy; I'm glad to see you an officer.
        Frank on a Gun-Boat
        13
        One bird of philosophic mien goes quietly, led by one flipper.
        South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
        14
        But give us your flipper, my hearty,-weare to be shipmates it seems.
        Marmaduke Merry: A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days
        15
        But he still had his massive flipper planted on my toes.
        Venus In Copper
        16
        He just slithered a steely black flipper around my wrist and twisted, hard.
        Shadowglass: the shadowfae chronicles
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        Flipper through the time
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