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COMMON SEAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common seal mean?
• COMMON SEAL (noun)
The noun COMMON SEAL has 1 sense:
1. small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere
Familiarity information: COMMON SEAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
common seal; harbor seal; Phoca vitulina
Hypernyms ("common seal" is a kind 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)
Holonyms ("common seal" is a member of...):
genus Phoca; Phoca (type genus of the Phocidae: earless seals)
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