flipper
Example Sentences
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Under a blazing sun, the green sea turtle thwapped the surface of the San Gabriel River with her sole front flipper as aquarium staffers gripped her shell.
From Los Angeles Times
This provides a distinction from unauthorized watch flippers and is helping Rolex slowly gain control over how its products are resold.
She dragged her huge body up above the reach of the highest tide and started scooping out sand with her strong front flippers.
From Literature
"I picked it up and thought I saw a movement in one flipper, so I carried it back to the campsite".
From BBC
Slowly it moved its flippers like the oars of a rowboat, turning toward Renata and bobbing its head as if in greeting as it went past.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
