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ELEPHANT SEAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks
Synonyms:
elephant seal; sea elephant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("elephant seal" is a kind of...):
earless seal; hair seal; true seal (any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers)
Holonyms ("elephant seal" is a member of...):
genus Mirounga; Mirounga (elephant seals)
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