SEA LION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sea lion mean? 

• SEA LION (noun)
  The noun SEA LION has 1 sense:

1. any of several large eared seals of the northern Pacific related to fur seals but lacking their valuable coat

  Familiarity information: SEA LION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEA LION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several large eared seals of the northern Pacific related to fur seals but lacking their valuable coat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("sea lion" is a kind of...):

eared seal (pinniped mammal having external ear flaps and hind limbs used for locomotion on land; valued for its soft underfur)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sea lion"):

Otaria Byronia; South American sea lion (of the southern coast of South America)

California sea lion; Zalophus californianus; Zalophus californicus (often trained as a show animal)

Australian sea lion; Zalophus lobatus (a variety of sea lion found in Australia)

Eumetopias jubatus; Steller's sea lion; Steller sea lion (largest sea lion; of the northern Pacific)

 Context examples 

I have understood since that they were sea lions, and entirely harmless.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

A genus in the family Caliciviridae containing many species including feline calicivirus (CALICIVIRUS, FELINE), VESICULAR EXANTHEMA OF SWINE VIRUS, and San Miguel sea lion viruses.

(Calicivirus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)