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GENUS MIROUNGA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Elephant seals

Synonyms:

genus Mirounga; Mirounga

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Mirounga" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Mirounga"):

elephant seal; sea elephant (either of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks)

Holonyms ("genus Mirounga" is a member of...):

family Phocidae; Phocidae (earless seals)

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