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单词 elephant seal
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elephant seal


noun

either of two seals of the genus Mirounga, of the Pacific coast of North America and the Antarctic Ocean, having a curved proboscis resembling an elephant's trunk.
Also called sea elephant.

Origin of elephant seal

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby elephant seal

elephantiasis scroti, elephantine, elephant man's disease, elephantoid fever, elephants, elephant seal, elephant's-ear, elephant's-foot, elephant shrew, elephant's-trunk snake, eletriptan hydrobromide
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British Dictionary definitions for elephant seal

elephant seal

noun

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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