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
Examples of 'elephant seal' in a sentence
elephant seal
Bull elephant seals, I had a dream about a bull elephant seal the other day...
Sean Thomas THE CHEEK PERFORATION DANCE (2002)
Yakubovsky threw pickled herring down his throat as if he was a performing elephant seal.
Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
Franconelli flapped his hand again and Carlo lowered the chief to the floor, where he floundered like an elephant seal.