flipper-like

1. 1.

   having limbs that are used as flippers

   Similarlimbed

Questions about flipper-like

What does flipper-like mean?

flipper-like means "having limbs that are used as flippers".

How many syllables are in flipper-like?

flipper-like has 3 syllables: flip-per--like. The stress falls on "flip".

Is flipper-like a common word?

flipper-like is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.