flipper
Example Sentences
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“The entangled line severely damaged a front flipper, cutting off blood supply,” Dr. Lance Adams, the aquarium’s director of veterinary services, said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Adams said they’re trying to do reconstructive surgery on the nerve-damaged flipper to make it as functional as possible.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
"I picked it up and thought I saw a movement in one flipper, so I carried it back to the campsite".
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
Plus, the tail makes a handy beaver-burger flipper.
From Slate • Feb. 14, 2025
I whiled away many a pleasant hour gnawing at a flipper joint or splitting open bones and licking out their marrow.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
