ELEPHANT SEAL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Either of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks

Synonyms:

elephant seal; sea elephant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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