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