1. (noun) any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers

• earless seal
• true seal

1. (noun) any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers

• bearded seal
• erignathus barbatus
• squareflipper square flipper
• bladdernose
• cystophora cristata
• hooded seal
• common seal
• harbor seal
• phoca vitulina
• elephant seal
• sea elephant
• harp seal
• pagophilus groenlandicus

1. (noun) any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers

• family phocidae
• phocidae

1. (noun) any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers

• seal