"flipper baby" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-flipper baby.ogg [Australia] Forms: flipper babies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flipper baby (plural flipper babies)
  1. (offensive, slang) A person born with defective limbs as a result of the mother taking thalidomide during pregnancy. Tags: offensive, slang Synonyms: phocomelus, thalidomide child
    Sense id: en-flipper_baby-en-noun-e45Xnfr5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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