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elephant seal

noun

either of two seals of the genus Mirounga, of the Pacific coast of North America and the Antarctic Ocean, having a curved proboscis resembling an elephant's trunk.

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Nearby words

elephant fish, elephant folio, elephant grass, elephant gun, elephant man's disease, elephant seal, elephant shrew, elephant's-ear, elephant's-foot, elephant's-trunk snake, elephantiasis

Origin of elephant seal

First recorded in 1835–45
Also called sea elephant.
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British Dictionary definitions for elephant seal

elephant seal

noun

either of two large earless seals, Mirounga leonina of southern oceans or M. angustirostris of the N Atlantic, the males of which have a long trunklike snout
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