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flipper

noun as in arm

noun as in extremity

noun as in fin

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Earlier in 2024, Essex County Council stressed it did not provide swimming equipment after a sign suggesting it would hand out flippers, masks and snorkels appeared at an underpass near the city centre.

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Greg also wore tiny flippers that looked like duck feet and a neon bubble attached to his waist to carry our valuables and make us visible to boats.

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The workers found fishing line wrapped around her front flippers and cutting into her mouth.

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Equipped with a snorkel and flippers, the two-time cancer survivor, from Bath, previously hung up his flippers in 2023, but said the "bog bug" brought him back.

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Signs of leptospirosis in sea lions include tightly tucked front flippers, severe lethargy and the animals drinking water.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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