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MIROUNGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mirounga mean?
• MIROUNGA (noun)
The noun MIROUNGA has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: MIROUNGA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Elephant seals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Mirounga; Mirounga
Hypernyms ("Mirounga" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Mirounga"):
elephant seal; sea elephant (either of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks)
Holonyms ("Mirounga" is a member of...):
family Phocidae; Phocidae (earless seals)
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