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Baikal seal

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An earless seal of species Pusa sibirica, inhabiting Lake Baikal. It is unusual for being a freshwater seal, whereas most other seals live in salt water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Broader terms: true seal, earless seal, phocid, seal, pinniped, marine mammal, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism

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3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: baikalinhylje — Pusa sibirica
  • Polish: nerpa bajkalska — Pusa sibirica
  • Polish: foka bajkalska — Pusa sibirica