sea elephant

/si ˌɛləfənt/
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Other forms: sea elephants

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