Definition of Elephant Seal in English :

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Elephant Seal meaning in English

Meaning of Elephant Seal in English

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Elephant Seal pronunciation in English

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Elephant Seal

see synonyms of elephant seal

Noun

1. elephant seal, sea elephant

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

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Elephant Seal

see synonyms of elephant seal
noun
either of two large earless seals, Mirounga leonina of southern oceans or M. angustirostris of the N Atlantic, the males of which have a long trunklike snout

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Elephant Seal

see synonyms of elephant seal
n.
Either of two large seals, Mirounga angustirostris of North American Pacific coastal waters or M. leonina of Antarctic and subantarctic coastal waters, the males of which have an inflatable, trunklike proboscis. Also called sea elephant.

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