"true seal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: true seals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} true seal (plural true seals)
  1. A pinniped of the family Phocidae, characterized by absence of pinnae. Wikidata QID: Q25587 Synonyms: earless seal, phocid Hypernyms: seal, pinniped, marine mammal, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature Coordinate_terms: eared seal (english: fellow pinnipeds), otariid, otary, sea lion, fur seal, walrus, pinniped
    Sense id: en-true_seal-en-noun-en:Q25587 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Phocid seals

Inflected forms

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