English
squareflipper
From square + flipper, owing to the (notional) shape of its forefeet.
A compound of square + flipper
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr ‘four’
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Vulgar Latin *exquadrō
Vulgar Latin *exquadra
Old French esquarre ‘square’
Middle English square ‘a square’
English square
Today it means
noun Synonym of bearded seal.
Sources
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