English noun: earless seal |
1. | earless seal (animal) any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers |
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| Synonyms | hair seal, true seal |
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| Broader (hypernym) | seal |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bearded seal, bladdernose, common seal, Cystophora cristata, elephant seal, Erignathus barbatus, harbor seal, harp seal, hooded seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus, Phoca vitulina, sea elephant, squareflipper square flipper |
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| Member meronym | family Phocidae, Phocidae |
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