flipperling means A young seal. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
flipperling is pronounced /ˈflɪpəlɪŋ/.
Etymology
From flipper + -ling.
noun
- A young seal.“1893 August, Rudyard Kipling, "Seal Lullaby", in "The White Seal", National Review.
Where billow meets billow, there soft be thy pillow; / Ah, weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease!”