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SEA LION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several large eared seals of the northern Pacific related to fur seals but lacking their valuable coat
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sea lion" is a kind of...):
eared seal (pinniped mammal having external ear flaps and hind limbs used for locomotion on land; valued for its soft underfur)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sea lion"):
Otaria Byronia; South American sea lion (of the southern coast of South America)
California sea lion; Zalophus californianus; Zalophus californicus (often trained as a show animal)
Australian sea lion; Zalophus lobatus (a variety of sea lion found in Australia)
Eumetopias jubatus; Steller's sea lion; Steller sea lion (largest sea lion; of the northern Pacific)
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