elephant seal

/ˌɛləfənt si(ə)l/
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Other forms: elephant seals

Definitions of elephant seal
  1. noun
    either of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks
    synonyms: sea elephant
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    type 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
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