HyperDic: elephant_seal

English > 1 sense of the expression elephant seal:
NOUNanimalelephant seal, sea elephanteither of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks
English > elephant seal: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningEither of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks.
Synonymsea elephant
Member ofMirounga, genus Miroungaelephant seals
Broaderearless seal, true seal, hair sealAny of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers
Spanishelefante marino
Catalanelefant marí

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