Noun flipper has 2 senses
  1. flipper, flippers, fin, fins - a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
    --1 is a kind of shoe
    Derived form: verb flip7
  2. flipper - the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming
    --2 is a kind of
    limb
    --2 is a part of aquatic vertebrate; aquatic mammal
    Derived form: verb flip7
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