flipper

Example Sentences

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"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

The development of a claw or a flipper requires many particular different genes.

From Salon • Oct. 14, 2024

She was always more of a flipper than a twister, and Dennis sometimes landed on her neck from over-rotating her warm-up drills.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2024

The fingers were fused together like a flipper.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull