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elephant seal

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any large marine mammal of the genus Mirounga, the largest of the pinnipeds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

either of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sea elephant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: earless seal, true seal, hair seal

History

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: see-olifant — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Afrikaans: olifantrob — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Asturian: elefante marín — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Azerbaijani: dəniz fili — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Bulgarian: морски слон (morski slon) — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Catalan: elefant marí — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎺᏉ ᎧᎹᎹ ᎤᏔᎾ (amequo kamama utana) — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Chinese Mandarin: 象海豹 (xiànghǎibào) — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • West Circassian: хыкъохъу (xəqwoꭓwu) — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Czech: rypouš — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Dutch: zeeolifant — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Finnish: merinorsu — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • French: éléphant de mer — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • German: See-Elefant — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Greek: θαλάσσιος ελέφαντας (thalássios eléfantas) — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Hungarian: elefántfóka — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Icelandic: sæfíll — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Indonesian: gajah laut — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Irish: rón eilifintiúil — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Irish: smutrón — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Italian: elefante marino — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Khmer: ដំរីសមុទ្រ (dɑmrəy sa’mot) — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Korean: 코끼리물범 (kokkirimulbeom) — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Macedonian: морски слон (morski slon) — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Malayalam: കടലാന (kaṭalāna) — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Malayalam: ആനത്തിമിംഗിലം (ānattimiṅgilaṁ) — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Māori: ihu koropuku — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Mongolian: далайн заан (dalajn zaan) — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ (dalai-yin ǰaɣan) — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Polish: słoń morski — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Polish: mirunga — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Portuguese: foca-elefante — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Portuguese: elefante-marinho — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Romanian: focă elefant — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Russian: морско́й слон (morskój slon) — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Spanish: elefante marino — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Swahili: tembo wa bahari — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Swedish: sjöelefant — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Welsh: eliffant môr — mammal of the genus Mirounga
  • Yámana: hašahúwa — mammal of the genus Mirounga