"elephant seal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: elephant seals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} elephant seal (plural elephant seals)
  1. Large marine mammals of the genus Mirounga, the largest of the pinnipeds. Categories (lifeform): Phocid seals Derived forms: northern elephant seal (taxonomic: Mirounga angustirostris), southern elephant seal (taxonomic: Mirounga leonina) Translations (mammal of the genus Mirounga): хыкъохъу (xəqʷoχʷu) (Adyghe), see-olifant (Afrikaans), olifantrob (Afrikaans), elefante marín (Asturian), морски слон (morski slon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), elefant marí [masculine] (Catalan), ᎠᎺᏉ ᎧᎹᎹ ᎤᏔᎾ (amequo kamama utana) (Cherokee), 象海豹 (xiànghǎibào) (Chinese Mandarin), rypouš [masculine] (Czech), zeeolifant [masculine] (Dutch), merinorsu (Finnish), éléphant de mer [masculine] (French), See-Elefant [masculine] (German), θαλάσσιος ελέφαντας (thalássios eléfantas) [masculine] (Greek), elefántfóka (Hungarian), sæfíll [masculine] (Icelandic), gajah laut (Indonesian), rón eilifintiúil [masculine] (Irish), smutrón [masculine] (Irish), elefante marino [masculine] (Italian), ដំរីសមុទ្រ (dɑmrəy sa’mot) (Khmer), 코끼리물범 (kokkirimulbeom) (Korean), морски слон (morski slon) [masculine] (Macedonian), കടലാന (kaṭalāna) (Malayalam), ആനത്തിമിംഗിലം (ānattimiṅgilaṁ) (Malayalam), ihu koropuku (Maori), далайн заан (dalajn zaan) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ (dalai-yin ǰaɣan) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), słoń morski [masculine] (Polish), mirunga [feminine] (Polish), elefante-marinho [masculine] (Portuguese), focă elefant [feminine] (Romanian), морско́й слон (morskój slon) [masculine] (Russian), elefante marino [masculine] (Spanish), tembo wa bahari (Swahili), sjöelefant [common-gender] (Swedish), eliffant môr [masculine] (Welsh), hašahúwa (Yámana)

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      "sense": "mammal of the genus Mirounga",
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      "sense": "mammal of the genus Mirounga",
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      "sense": "mammal of the genus Mirounga",
      "word": "象海豹"
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      "sense": "mammal of the genus Mirounga",
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "mammal of the genus Mirounga",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "mammal of the genus Mirounga",
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      "word": "rón eilifintiúil"
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      "roman": "dalajn zaan",
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      "sense": "mammal of the genus Mirounga",
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      "word": "słoń morski"
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      "sense": "mammal of the genus Mirounga",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "roman": "morskój slon",
      "sense": "mammal of the genus Mirounga",
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      "word": "морско́й слон"
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      "code": "sw",
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      "sense": "mammal of the genus Mirounga",
      "word": "tembo wa bahari"
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      "sense": "mammal of the genus Mirounga",
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      "code": "yag",
      "lang": "Yámana",
      "sense": "mammal of the genus Mirounga",
      "word": "hašahúwa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "elephant seal"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": thalássios eléfantas vs. thalássios eléfantas",
  "path": [
    "elephant seal"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "elephant seal",
  "trace": ""
}

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