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elephant seal

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elephant seal
n.
Either of two large seals, Mirounga angustirostris mainly of Pacific coastal waters of California or M. leonina of coastal waters of the Southern Hemisphere, the males of which have an inflatable, trunklike proboscis. Also called sea elephant.
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Noun1.elephant sealelephant seal - either of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks
sea elephant
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
genus Mirounga, Mirounga - elephant seals


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