earless seal

/ˌɪərləs si(ə)l/

Definitions of earless seal

1. noun

   any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers
   synonyms: hair seal, true seal

   types:

   Phoca vitulina, common seal, harbor seal

   small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere

   Pagophilus groenlandicus, harp seal

   common Arctic seal; the young are all white

   elephant seal, sea elephant

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

   Erignathus barbatus, bearded seal, squareflipper square flipper

   medium-sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle; of the Arctic Ocean

   Cystophora cristata, bladdernose, hooded seal

   medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters

   type of:

   seal

   any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions